Film Description
Palmour Street (1949)
Sponsor: Mental Health Div., Georgia Dept. of Public Health. Production Co.: Southern Educational Film Production Service. Directors: Bill Clifford, George Stoney. Writer: George Stoney. Camera: Bill Clifford. Music: Louis Applebaum. Narrator: Rev. William Holmes Borders. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 20 minutes (incomplete).
Neorealist mental health film produced for parents and health care workers. Palmour Street shows the daily life of an African American family and demonstrates how good parenting prepares children for adulthood and nurtures emotional growth.
Note: The film was shot in Gainesville, Georgia, with a local cast.
Resources
Educational Film Guide (New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1951), 249; “Palmour Street, Film Discussion Guide,” The Coordinator 4 (Sept. 1955): 57–58.