Clarissa Uprooted: Youth and Elders Uncover the Story of Black Rochester | movie | 2020 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Clarissa Uprooted depicts the Third Ward as a microcosm of Rochester’s—and many northern US cities’—history. Fro | dG1fV1R5ZnFTUEl0ME0

Transcript

00:01Do you mind telling us your earliest memories about living on Clarissa Street?

00:06Everybody was family.

00:07You really didn't have to go downtown to shop for anything.

00:11Everything you needed was in the neighborhood.

00:13Not only that, we didn't lock our doors.

00:16Now how about that?

00:20In 1950, 80% of all people of color in Rochester lived in that third ward and that seventh ward.

00:27Do you remember any of the riots that happened throughout 1960?

00:31Do I remember? It started on my birthday.

00:33They put my dad in jail.

00:34My father was innocently coming home that time of night.

00:37Gentrification is what broke up the neighborhood.

00:40We were just uprooted.

00:42Would you say it was easier back in the day than now?

00:46Oh, definitely.

00:48We have been working on bridging the gap between the elders and the youth because our relationship is vital to survival.

00:55You have to get the power to force change in our society.

00:59You have to be500.

01:01You have to be500.

01:02You have to be500.

01:03You have to go, man.

01:04You know.

01:05And so I'm feeling a great thing.

01:06Go.

01:07You have to be500.

01:20Go.

01:21You have to be500.

01:22You have to be500.

01:24You have to be500.