Video Letter to the President

8 mins  video  color  1996

ADDRESSERS  Val Anderson, Larry Clark, Brandy Donaville, Michael Fontinot, Shyrheeta Parquet, Maria Prescott
CO-PRODUCER/CO-DIRECTOR  Anita Chang
CO-DIRECTOR/CAMERA/EDITOR  McCrae Parker
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER  Samuel Miller
CO-PRODUCER  Gregory Park

Through this video (now on YouTube), six inner city high school students from East Oakland, California address the U.S. president about their educational needs and desires. Sent to elected officials.

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There are words like freedom
Sweet and wonderful to say,
On my heartstrings freedom sings
All day every day.

There are words like liberty
That almost makes me cry,
If you had known what I know
You would know why.

– Langston Hughes, 1947

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