| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 42 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Note |
Title from title screen |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Performer |
Host: Diane Sawyer ; interviewees: Camden mayor Gwendolyn Faison, high school principal Davida Coe-Brockington, Urban Promise executive director Bruce Main. |
| Credits |
Editors, Jack Pyle, Ed Delgado, Bram Harris. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast January 26, 2007, on the television news program "20/20." |
| Summary |
Moorestown, New Jersey, has been designated "the best place to live in America." Ten minutes away is Camden, the poorest city in America, also known as Murder City, USA. During a period of 18 months, Diane Sawyer follows the lives of three youngsters who are used to seeing drug deals on street corners and hearing gunfire at night. What is it like for kids to live with no electricity, rushing to finish homework before sundown? To have no food to eat before school? To sleep on the floor with roaches, grateful just to have a roof overhead? Four-year-old Ivan is homeless and hungry, but looks forward to learning to read in kindergarten. Seventeen-year-old Billy Joe is determined to graduate from high school and get an honest job to help his family. Six-year-old Moochie lives in a dysfunctional family and dreams of getting a good education. All they need is the opportunity to prove themselves. |
| Subject |
Poverty -- New Jersey -- Camden.
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Poverty. |
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New Jersey -- Camden. |
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Poor -- New Jersey -- Camden.
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Poor. |
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Poor -- Education -- New Jersey -- Camden.
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Poor -- Education. |
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Camden (N.J.) -- Economic conditions.
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Moorestown (N.J.) -- Economic conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Sawyer, Diane, 1945-
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ABC News.
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ABC News Productions.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Waiting for the world to change |
| Note |
At head of title: Camden chronicles: children in urban poverty |
| Added Title |
20/20 (Television program)
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| Music No. |
39467-KS Films for the Humanities |
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39467 Films for the Humanities |
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