Summary

THE SCRAPBOOK EXPERIENCE: BUILDING A CHILD'S IDENTITY

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: THE SCRAPBOOK EXPERIENCE: BUILDING A CHILD'S IDENTITY
File Number: LAC-56 16mm
Color: B W
Type: Educational
Year: 01/01/1975
Description: 00:00:00:00 - 00:16:52:00 Color 1975 A black woman social worker sits at a small table with Gilbert, a seven year-old laconic black boy with downcast eyes Together they assemble a scrapbook to try and give Gilbert, a foster-child, a grounded personal past Gilbert draws pictures with crayons, glues magazine images and chhoses baby pictures, while the social worker tells him about his parents and asks him how he feels about various things Gilbert is visibly uncomfortable during virtually the entire film (especially when his natural parents are discussed), until the end when he eats an orange Directed by Frank Lisciandro
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