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Teen Gangs

Item number (ISN):

214162

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1989-08-31

Item number (ISN):

214162

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Accession:

1993-0197

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1989-08-31

Production company:

CFTO-TV

Production credit:

director/script, Leanna Crouch; producer/narrator/interviewer/script, Isabel Bassett; script, Wayne Thompson; editing, Peter Light

Description:

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Isabel Bassett presents this documentary on the disturbing and apparently increasing phenomenon of "Teen Gangs". Bassett cites instances of teen gang violence in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver and suggests that Canadians should take heed now, before teen violence reaches the level it has in the United States, where similar social conditions prevail. The documentary, presented in five segments, examines who joins these gangs and why, and what we can do about them.~1) INTRODUCTION. Footage includes gangs in Toronto harassing passersby on the street (known as 'swarming') and shows styles of dress and behaviour of various gangs. Skinheads, whose members are often white supremacists, are shown in a confrontation with an anti-racist group. Interviews included Area 6 Rude Boys, who had one of their members murdered by another gang; and an incarcerated member of a violent preppy gang. Bassett interviews youths on why they chose to join their particular gang.~2) GANG WARFARE. Bassett joins a police squad as they patrol Vancouver looking for The Red Eagles after a member of the Los Diablos was injured in a gang fight. A former gang member talks about the rewards of belonging and the mother of a murdered gang member is interviewed.~3) FEAR ON THE STREETS. Interviews with the leader of the Black Diamond Riders, journalist Victor Malarek, shopkeepers, and the father of a boy whose son was terrorized illustrate today's gangs as younger, more violent and a reflection of the times in which there is diminishing respect for property and life.~4) TEEN GANG MOMS. Interviews include: the mother of a son who attends neo-Nazi organization meetings, a psychologist, community services director and youth worker, examine social and cultural factors contributing to the gang problem.~5. GANGING UP ON GANGS. Solutions to the problem are explored in interviews that include a school principal, representatives of a Toronto citizens' group called SAFE and police gang squads in Toronto and Vancouver. <57mn 50s>

Language:

English

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1. Submission to [1989-1990] CAB Gold Ribbon Awards in Public Affairs and Documentaries.~2. CFTO-TV is in Toronto, Ontario.~3. On 3/4" videotape.~4. Credits indicate this documentary was made by Glen-Warren Productions Limited in 1989.~5. A promo precedes the full length program.~6. There are long blank spaces between segments of the program.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

224943

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V2 9401-0159

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

57:45

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

430009

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2006-09-0005

Number of items:

1

Duration:

97:45

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

792721

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

214162.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 9401-0159

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

792722

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

214162.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V2 9401-0159

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

980908

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2006-09-0021

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

13-0305
V2 9401-0159
V2 9403-0015

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2006-09-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permissions / Avec les permissions écrites

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