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The Ambassadors of Cabrini Date: 03/14/83 | Running Time: 27 min. Add The Ambassadors of Cabrini to playlist Nominate this video My Clip Video Editor Bookmark/episode description Save

Documentary about the Jesse White Tumblers, a gymnastic group made up predominantly of kids from the Chicago Housing Authority's Cabrini Green.  0:00 WTTW promo 0:20 Introduction to members of Jesse White Tumbling Team. 0:50 Title 1:00 Shots of Cabrini Green. V/o with background on Tumbling Team and Cabrini. 1:50 Resident leads crew around buildings. 2:10 Resident talks about her fear living in that area, shots of dilapidated interiors. 2:40 Team practice with coach Jessie White. White discusses why the team is a positive activity for the kids. 3:55 Team talks about why team has been a positive experience for them. 4:30 Team practice. 5:10 Interview with various guys about how they began tumbling. 5:40 Kids perform in hallways of Cabrini. 7:05 Talks about how kids at Cabrini don't have the same opportunities as richer children. "We never get a chance to do what all the, while we were at our young age, what most of the young little white kids do. They grow up, their mother can send them to school, or they can take up gymnastics, use all the apparatus or go to, you know, swimming. So they can take up ballet, they can have something to do, they have money to do that. We don't have money to do that. That's why, we can do the stuff that they do, but they can do it a little bit better because they have more training - better training, more practice, more equipment. You know - just a little bit more than what we have. If we had what they had, we'd be equal." 8:10 White talks. 8:30 Kids talk. 8:45 DePaul alumni hall. Team performs at half-time. 10:05 Kids talk about the stress of performing and the way tumbling keeps members from trouble. Discuss gangs, shootings, robbing. 11:35 White discusses gang problems. 11:50 Kid talks about trouble performing in gang territory. 12:40 White talks about dedication of team members. 12:55 Kids talk about how important adults like White can be to kids. 13:20 Tumblers perform outside in lawn. 14 :05 Kids talk about problems with leadership and kids who don't have the opportunity to be on the team. 14:35 White mentions the family situations of most of the team members' single parents, welfare. 15:00 Mother mentions terrible living conditions in Cabrini. 15:25 Kids talk about terrible living conditions and how they affect people. 15:45 Exterior shots of Cabrini. 16:30 Woman discusses time when Mayor lived at Cabrini. She is afraid to let her kids outside alone. "I'm scared for my kids," she says, "because I stay in the house, but my children have to go to school." 17:00 Kid talks about feeling trapped in his apartment. 17:10 Woman discusses problems with kids being harassed. 17:35 Kid discusses police harassment. 17:55 Woman says nothing has changed. 18:30 Title: Mayor Byrne's Last Day at Cabrini; shots of police arresting people. 18:50 Kid talks about being interrogated and beaten up by police for no reason by police from out of area. 19:30 White talks about problem balancing gangs and police - both bad. 20:00 Kid says blacks have to change, not just blame whites for their problems. 20:30 Shots of kids outside Cabrini watching tumblers perform. 21:25 Kid says blacks should unite instead of fighting with each other. Other kid thinks solution is more jobs available. 22:25 White emphasizes importance of school and hope for future of kids. Shots of tumbling team. 23:05 Kids discuss their hopes for their own futures and jobs. 24:45 End credits. 26:55 End of tape. Main Credits: produced and directed by Lilly Ollinger; co-ordinating producer, Tom Weinberg Additional Credits: production assistants, Dedri Craig and Jamie Ceaser; camera, Emmett Wilson and Cal Langenberg; field audio, Roy D. Alan and Robert Dove; editors, Don DeMartini and Susan Smeyak no related documents List of comments You need to be registered user to post comments. Please login or register. Click here to login Your Clips This feature is available only in Clipstream version.