1966 asked: what does success cost when you're first? Their answers still sting.
A documentary that looks at the obstacles African-American males face when building a career. As the narrator states, "this film is about his chances, about the changes that have been made and the problems still remaining." The film includes interviews with men who are "making it," or who are some of the first African Americans in their field.
Direction
Beall lets subjects breathe—no sensationalism, just presence.
Production
1966 Chicago as character: streets, suits, survival.
Director
DeWitt Beall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the Chicago Freedom Movement, this was radical local filmmaking—no national distribution, just community truth-telling.
Director DeWitt Beall later pivoted to industrial films; this remains his most personal, least-seen work. Oscar Brown Jr.'s music career outlived the doc's reach.
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