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Conversation Over/Liz & Pauline

Archive type: Video
Archive ID: lcva_45722
Date: 1970 — 1979
Location: East London
Chroma: B/W
Duration: 00:29:39
Format: "Sony 1/2"" Open Reel"
Credits: View

Synopsis

A black-and-white interview video by Basement Project with two young Black women, Pauline and Liz who speak candidly about their lives and imagine their futures. Pauline, who is 19, discusses her desire to become a nurse, having grown up in East London. She then moves on to discuss her love life, her troubles with her boyfriend and her future dream of having 4 children. Elizabeth grew up in Grenada and speaks about her work as a typist, and her plan to have children when she is 24 or 25. She discusses the potential difficulties of working while parenting before playfully telling the interviewer that she has to go because her boyfriend is arriving. Both women speak directly and intimately to their interviewer, who appears to be quite friendly with both women.

Credits

Producer:
Participant: Pauline Roach
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