”FELICIA” 1965 AFRICAN AMERICAN RACIAL IDENTITY FILM WATTS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA XD72314

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This black-and-white film “Felicia“ tells the first-person narrative of a Black high school student, Felicia, living in the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. It was shot just a few months before the Watts Riots broke out. Felicia speaks on the challenges of living in a segregated community in LA in the 1960s and expresses her hopes for a future of changed narratives. The narrator speaks often about the importance of an education in advancing one’s lot in life. This groundbreaking film was produced by Stuart Roe, and the filmmakers are Bob Dickson, Alan Gorg, and Trevor Greenwood. Felicia was selected into the United States National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2014, being deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant“. A street in a residential neighborhood 00:15). A public pool (00:24). A school (00:30). A park (00:39). A train driving on its tracks (01:02). Narration explains that the neighborhood does not have the resources that she sees in other parts of the city of Los Angeles. “Felicia” title banner (01:07). Narrator and main character, Felicia, is washing her face (01:40). She is getting ready in her bedroom (01:53). She introduces her African American Family: Her brother Peter and her sister Rosie, who are eating breakfast in the kitchen (02:05). Felicia enters the kitchen to eat her own breakfast (02:44). Their mother is doing dishes by the kitchen sink (03:30). She is sewing dresses on a sewing machine (04:00). Felicia walks to school (05:06). Her class says the Pledge of Allegiance (05:39). Then the class begins (05:53). The hallways of Felicia’s school are crowded with students in between classes (07:04). Students are spending recess in the schoolyard (07:12). Felice speaks to the camera about a previous school she went to where most students enrolled were Caucasian (07:41). Students conversing during recess (08:23). Students playing basketball (08:46) and playing tennis (08:56). All students exit the school at the end of the school day (09:01). Felicia walks home (09:16). She walks past a car salvage-lot (10:01). A small boy is riding his bike in a backyard next to the salvage-lot (10:45). A mother and three children are sitting on their front porch (10:58). Scenes from the neighborhood by the salvage-lot (11:03). Men from the neighborhood, hang out on the streets and playing checkers, there is a sort of skid row appearance to some areas (11:25). Felicia walks along the train tracks and talks about her hope that her generation escapes their parents’ situation (11:55). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit