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  [The 90’s raw: NYC streets #5]

  American Way, Black, Communities, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's, Videomakers

  Raw footage shot for the TV series The 90’s. Skip Blumberg goes around the streets of New York taping everyday people and some of their thoughts. A portion of this video shows some of his family life. A larger portion is concerned with the performance of a cheerleading-type routine by a group of girls, which Blumberg has called “The Street”; there are several takes of this spanning about a third of the footage. The recordings take place outside the Marcy Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. On a subsequent tape, the group is called “The Champions.” Continue reading →

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  [The 90s raw: The Champions, Brooklyn]

  American Way, Black, Communities, Performance, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  This is raw footage for the TV show, The 90s. Recorded by Skip Blumberg, this particular footage shows performances by The Champions, a cheerleading/dance/jump rope group of girls residing in the Marcy Homes in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The Champions appear again in tape #15837, but are called “The Street.” Continue reading →