To Find a Home

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational | Social problem

Year Published: 1963

Creator: University of Wisconsin

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Dramatizes the problems of Negro as he tries to find a suitable home for his family. Presents the story of Paul Reed, a television repairman, who lives in a middle-sized northern U.S. city. With a two-bedroom home for a family of five and a good income, Paul and his wife decide they would like a larger house in a more modern neighborhood. The discrimination he encounters in searching for a home is depicted., Describes the experiences of two African American families when they try to rent an apartment in a middle-sized northern city: one family is repeatedly refused, but the other eventually finds an apartment.

Complete Record: Dramatizes the problems of Negro as he tries to find a suitable home for his family. Presents the story of Paul Reed, a television repairman, who lives in a middle-sized northern U.S. city. With a two-bedroom home for a family of five and a good income, Paul and his wife decide they would like a larger house in a more modern neighborhood. The discrimination he encounters in searching for a home is depicted., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.