WGBH Lab | Sandbox | BPM Mississippi

Boys Walk in Flood

kdorwart — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:10:26 -0400

Black Public Media , Heat

Two young men walk down a flooded city street in New Orleans with damaged car submerged in the foreground.

Dixie Cotton Festival

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:02:31 -0500

Black Public Media

Various shots, festival king and queen gather with constituents for group photo. Close face shots of King and Queen, several shots, parade procession of cotton queens on elaborate floats.

Cotton Picking Hands

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:05:02 -0500

Black Public Media

Two shots; three black female hands pick cotton from cotton plants; two female hands break cotton balls into smaller pieces.

Leadbelly Drama Outtakes

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:09:22 -0500

Black Public Media

Various shots, outtakes from a dramatic film with dialog. Leadbelly attempts to gain employment.

Man Bails Cotton

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:18:46 -0500

Black Public Media

Farmer bails cotton in the back of a moving mechanical cotton gin.

Row of Cotton Pickers

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:21:40 -0500

Black Public Media

Row of black male cotton pickers work in field.

Scenes of Flood

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:47:16 -0500

Black Public Media

Various shots, convicts working by the river, close of bags being filled with dirt for damming the river, convicts dragging bags of dirt toward river, woman presents her children, victims of the flood, close of two small black children eating, various shots of flooded streets, abandoned store front, canoes rowing through flooded streets, shots of houses submerged in several feet of water, clip ends with shot of frightened cat jumping off a submerged barrel.

Steamboats at Dock

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:50:05 -0500

Black Public Media

Two shots, steamboats at dock emitting thick black smoke, broad river extending into the horizon.

Two Female Cotton Pickers

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:53:08 -0500

Black Public Media

Wide shot of two female cotton pickers work in field.

Female Cotton Picker

kdorwart — Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:55:04 -0500

Black Public Media

Medium close shot of a female cotton picker gathering cotton and placing it in her carrying pouch.