Tackle Is a Girl’s Best Friend
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A group of high school students from New Orleans devised this film of a football game between the boys and the girls involved in the Poverty Program at Dillard University, New Orleans. The film came out of Peter Kuttner's McLuhan-inspired course in visual communication, financed by the Poverty Program.
Credits
Peter Kuttner (filmmaker); Peter Kuttner (contributor); the Pre-College Film Wokshop, Presented (contributor); Cheryl Bealieu (actor); Fred Edwards (actor); Shirley Jourdan (actor); Theresa Morris (actor); Michael Pellerin (actor); Gregory Smith (actor); Ruth Sudds (actor)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Peter Kuttner Collection
Sponsor: The War on Poverty Project
Subjects: Football; Sexism; African Americans; Students
Places: North America > United States > Louisiana > New Orleans
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles handwritten with marker, VS campus, students walking past camera, teams of boys exercising on football field 02:04 - students entering bleachers cheering, team of girls run onto field to warm up 03:37 - Male team leader notices female team, MS Boys fall down laughing, MS crowd singing and clapping 04:17 - Football game begins, boys vs. girls, girls score by flirting, using their charm, acting hurt 07:45 - CU Sign “Half Time Show” LS White man tap dancing in front of Church MS Crowd singing and clapping 08:29 - Live stop animation of 2 couples dancing in front of building 08:58 - Teams warm up, teams and crowd get pumped 09:46-12:02 - Play resumes on field, girl throws incredibly long passes for touchdowns, supernatural abilities, continue to score, girls win 42 to 0, Title “The End”
Cfa elements: Print, 270 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2604
Sponsor: The War on Poverty Project
Subjects: Football; Sexism; African Americans; Students
Places: North America > United States > Louisiana > New Orleans
Language: English
Shot log: 00:00 - Titles handwritten with marker, VS campus, students walking past camera, teams of boys exercising on football field 02:04 - students entering bleachers cheering, team of girls run onto field to warm up 03:37 - Male team leader notices female team, MS Boys fall down laughing, MS crowd singing and clapping 04:17 - Football game begins, boys vs. girls, girls score by flirting, using their charm, acting hurt 07:45 - CU Sign “Half Time Show” LS White man tap dancing in front of Church MS Crowd singing and clapping 08:29 - Live stop animation of 2 couples dancing in front of building 08:58 - Teams warm up, teams and crowd get pumped 09:46-12:02 - Play resumes on field, girl throws incredibly long passes for touchdowns, supernatural abilities, continue to score, girls win 42 to 0, Title “The End”
Cfa elements: Print, 270 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/2604
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:09