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Depicts Viola Dees, a devoted, elderly grandmother, in her struggle to raise her orphaned grandson in South Central Los Angeles. She must contend with her own declining health and a bureaucratic and legal system that continually threatens to force them apart.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Seretean, Tracy, Bartz, Geof, McFerrin, Bobby
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: San Francisco, Calif. : California Newsreel, ©2000.
Series:Black studies in video
Subjects:
Grandparents as parents > California > Los Angeles.
Child welfare > California > Los Angeles.
Foster home care > California > Los Angeles.
Grandparent and child > California > Los Angeles.
Grands-parents à nouveau parents > Californie > Los Angeles.
Grands-parents et enfants > Californie > Los Angeles.
Child welfare.
Foster home care.
Grandparent and child.
Grandparents as parents.
California > Los Angeles.
Streaming videos.
Nonfiction films
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Depicts Viola Dees, a devoted, elderly grandmother, in her struggle to raise her orphaned grandson in South Central Los Angeles. She must contend with her own declining health and a bureaucratic and legal system that continually threatens to force them apart.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (40 min.))
Awards:Academy Award Winner 2001, Best documentary short subject
Production Credits:Editor, Geof Bartz. Original music by Bobby Mc Ferrin.