Thumbs down / Kartemquin Films, Ltd. and InterMedia Foundation presents ; Gordon Quinn, Gerald Temaner, coproducers.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Quinn, Gordon, producer, film editor, director of photography.

Temaner, Gerald, producer.

Kartemquin Films.

InterMedia Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church group work with youth.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Illinois--Chicago.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Cinéma vérité films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (102 min.) : digital, sound, black and white

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Chicago] : Kartemquin Films, 1968.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

In this cinéma vérité documentary, a teenage youth group called Thumbs Down decides "to bring Christ to their neighborhood" by holding an anti-war Mass at their conservative Chicago parish. Neither militants nor hippies, they simply believe that Christianity means social action and a concern with issues. They present this belief to the community and the confrontation reveals the deepening crisis of communication between the young Christians and their parents, priests, and neighbors.

Credits:

Editor, Gordon Quinn ; camera, Gordon Quinn.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Resource page includes the option of making a clip.

Publisher Number:

kq-thumbs Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.