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'ci\ -A i \o i V. ) 0056 (55 ?; sy/.s7oo 1:1 KT Cr-JlPS ( ) \ t.'V :r'.':OV, ' ^ LIA-76270 htL.Trl> Cl f V V V " ' YJ'T1 )jj.acK, r acting i:p to o io s j -u p of: small s o j .s Hmy m gr orm ts mj 1 , plaster cracked a little, m ire peeling a little -- too Oc,ny coats \v runout cr.xp-saner PULL BACK 0:0 Si-lOvt radio, `ca.;>.i.'3 top with perhaps a small- calendar,, an opened letter, a ceramic deg. and the arm of the sofa, which is a 3 iff.'teat but > cl- cat. CLOSE- UP of pair.t` chips banging from coreeng. TILT slowly Goon wall \ j /' pact calendar hertrait of Lr,, Xing to overhead shot past simple ceiling firtnro to the ccfa, trade vith radio, etc., MOVL IK, end explore the apartment, the stairs leading up to it, the walls, the ' baseboards, the kitchen cabinets, cue., or an nonrtnerv. or people not MUSIC INTRO, 4 BARS Of A PGI-'-'PCCK VAMP, MEDIUM . TEMPO. THRU A VOICE LIKE THAT OF O.C. SMITH SINGIRC TO AX ARPAXGIUULT Ci\D hi CRT HEAR OVER THAT LITTLE TAALF RADIO TD1TED TO THH LOCAL B HACK- OR ILK711D LLATIOL . Tyrp q l ' c* -77- rj v FROM THE ObILILG Y* \r rh r.v'T- t - % -vy f P r.'u'`* l ak bl o r d iaf t AMD l`M HALS CLI'.ty CTO Vrr- r(irj;> r. iy i <: - ; y LATIN' PAIRS' Abb BLAG TOOK HIM TO THE DOLTC CORVULSICO Lr'L'' v'OIGO A" LIA-76271 W ' K-UNT CHIP; FILM SCRIP: people .struggling with too little THE GHETTO MAj . ARIA money, too many problems, too little WHY, LORD, WHY? . helt> -- the olaster cracks are not WHY, LORD, KAY? grctescuely huge orid punvc c/iros not a month1s accumulation -- down the hall, in the bathroom, etc, >, noth the neglect of slovenly tenants, but that of a landlord, of a ghetto, of a city, of a. nation. ' ONE SECOND FLASH CE A SMALL COFFIN iv.y OLD RAMA USED TO EELi shots of the sofa taken through the V jv.aae or leg's spr^cnarrs--and~ua.Ql WHEN I'D CO.N22 KOTiC SCR.ATCIi.ED AND CRYIN' group, prison-like effects of close- ups through bars of a baby crib, the GOT TO EAT A LITTLE DIRT flattened sanddunes on the surface of BEFORE YOU LIE ' a high chair painted five times ' ' without sanding, walls painted many KELL MY BABY DID times ever wallpaper that has begun to peel from the plaster it covers. AND m BABY DIED i Include the art of the poor -- Dr. ME AND MARY a framed Ebony cover of 1. 'XUl!- U I,, \ X LIA-76272 PLINT CHIPS . FILM SCRIPT - Pg. 3 President Kennedy, old family mem bers, graffiti on entranceway '' ("SUGAR LOVE' KING PLEASURE" - "THE EMPERORS"), a potted plant * WHERE THE BABY LIES AND MARY CRIES r* ! . struggling against all odds, etc. / v ^ finally to shot of windowsillwith " \ ( paint flakes, ECU SHOT past rnagni- V\ . N \fied flakes to young black boy . . AND I V7ATCIJ PAINT CHIPS PEELIN FROM THE CEILIN' BY THE BABY'S BED approaching. si3.1 to look out window. fingers loosening paint chip,- to (MUSIC VAMP CONTINUES FOR mouth it absentm.indedly, almost like 4 BARS) . a toothpick. Last shot held nor c still, but MUSIC REPEAT OF LAST 8 BARS very quiet. . BEFORE FINAL VAMP ' . Over the, last shot is seen the ligh (CORRESPONDING TO LYRIC effect of a cloud or shadow darken "PAINT CHIPS PEELING FROM ing the shot . . THE CEILING BY THE BABY'S BED' TITLE superimposed on shot *imrrr> nriTT -i-L*IIJ. .'-j 'J Jhv-/.Lj^b j l M \ ' A* r` C` '>*" ' 7`p /I >' EOT TO ERf T ' __V *' J. J. A VAMP CONTINUING, it a r t FAD hlA-76273 PAT. NT CHIPS FILM SCRJPT -- Pq. 4 ' Close-up of block-bordered postal- VAMP FADES OUT card type announcement of death and funeral. Then card is moved . suddenly. CUT TO . Shot of Anderson (waist up) standing in his Lome by the omnipresent table where mail is put. He's in suppressed anger. Looks up. . ANDERSON . This is a story about a chi], NOTE: The following pictures show the actual people wa'11 see molester - a killer loose in our neighborhood --- in your house. It's a mystery story There are victims .<.. Family-type snapshot of Matthews " family - picnic or holiday. 7-vNDERSON'S VOICE (OFF) . i \ /' Brace of six side-by-side pass-. ,.. there are heroes ... . ' . - portish stills of man and woman in .` medical whites, a "good" Health ' Dept, official, an Urban League i ' rep, etc. ` .ANDERSON'S VOICE . . ... there acre villains . . , LIA-76274 ' PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT Per. Erace of six as above, with land- ' . lord, ir.en & women in medical whites, - . . "bad" housing man, etc. ' . : . / /, ANDERS On1S VOICE ' -. ' . Continuation of shot of the boy at 'll . and there is the xilier . v .. ' ' .. the wi.ndow, mouthing the paint chip. ' ANDERSON'S VOICE ' . . . Lead Foisonincr. Legend "LEAD POISONING", ' , 'J7vCKS0N FIVE VOCAL OPENING maybe some optic effect like using SCREAM OF "ZIP A DEE DOG DAH" skull and crossbones for "0" in - C, E-Flat, G, F, E-Flat, C. ,,-c o j L s oniiv711 *. B~Flat, etc. FADING LON UNDE: Waist up shot of Anderson, with"'. death announcement in hand S- ANDERSON This killer strikes again rmi again even in the same hov.se because this killer usually 1 like something else ... somet not .serious ... (deprecating! /... a little fever, a little crankiness, a little loss of appetite, a little vomiting little things all little chi! have ... little things. LIA-76275 PA TNT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - Pg. G ANDERSON (continuing) Except when it1s your child and they add up to Lead Poisoning. Anderson looks at death an- ' noucement, puts it into his shirt ' pocket angrily. . Looks up. . t . ANDERSON :l ' ' ; This killer can be caught, put .. away ... by you. As a matter of . . fact, only_ by you. There 1 s a \ . ' . . ' reward ... the lives and health . of our children. That's a very big reward. Anderson reach for jacket (in^ Let me show you our mystery nearby closet, or over a chair) black armband on sleeve. Camera story .... ' . follows as he gets to his front door, opens it, tu^ns back. .' . " Holds door open, camera goes past him at the door, FADE OUr AS---------------------------------------:---------- , JvNDERSCN . ... Watch for the clues. LIA-76276 SOUND OF.. DOOR CLOSING IS LIKE DOWNBEAT FOR START OF CHANNEL OF SONG PLAYING ON THAT RADIO WHICH IS TUNED TO THE SAME SOUL STATION EVERY DAY ,\LL DAY. " PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - Per. 7 DURING THE FILM WE 1LL HEAR . THE SONGS ONE W'OULD HEAR ON ' THIS RADIO, THOUGH WE'LL ' _ ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE SELECTION . APPROPRIATE TO THE ACTION OF THE FILM. DISSOLVE OR CUT TO ' Exterior of the child's window, showing him looting, mouthing. ' CUT TO ' Child's view out the window to street. ' Mother walks into view, returning .' home with small package of groceries, . .. ' a quick purchase and she' s hurrying . ' home. She looks up at window as she walks, apparently sees child, smiles. She enters front door. Eoy at window sees her, leaves window, goes to apartment door, looks at it. He's a somber child, or seriouslooking anyway. , . " PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT Pa. 8 Mother opens apartment door, enters, \ .. checks hoy, tired smile, puts pack- ; ' ' ; ' ' .. ! age down, comes to kiss boy. and held his fe.ee in her hand. . " ... . MOMMA' " . ' . ' , ' . '..Now, that wasn't long, v/as it? ' . ' ` ' ' ; ' Alright? . . He looks at her, not whining but ' . . . .. ' . not smiling or returning the kiss. ' '. Show the windowsill, the old and . ' delapidated condition of the house, ' .; ._ though it's clean - paint peeling, plaster cracked, etc. * .* POLL BACK to shov/ kid has throv/n up. . T. .' ' . ' STOP ACTION - (it's a clue) Momma all '' ' : sympathy, goes to get something to ' . ' . ' ' . ,: clean up. Boy stays. Momma returns . and wipes the area around the ..." ... windov/. As v/ipes windowsill, tooth . ; . marks are revealed - STOP ACTION - i .y > . She picks'up kid, holds, comforts. MOMMA ` . .. Whatsamatter,. baby? Tummy hur ' ' . Here, Momma rub it a little. ' rV V v 'A LIA-76278 r PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - Per. 9 Boy's face, whiney. Takes him to lay him on sofa She turns radio down a bit, ' sitting on side of sofa, rubbing ' him, comforting him, bumming with, radio music. Goes to bedroom to look at the baby, maybe two years old. Sound asleep. ; ' - ' MOMMA Baby, you got to stop putting everything in your mouth. (gently chiding) You spend less time eating that nasty old string and dirt, you \ have more time to practice talking, you-hear? RADIO: O.C. SMITH "WIFI Returns to sofa. Xid has gone to window, she goes to rub his head he pulls away irritably. . STOP ACTION- ' . ' V - MOMMA . .OH, you mad at Momma now. Why you mad at Momma? Momma dien'i hurt you. You mad at Momma? V ,'ir-7 LIA-76279 PAINT CHIPS FI PM .SCRIPT - Pa. 10 Starts to pat him, kid sits on floor, picks up paint chip, looks at Momma, puckers mouth in pout.' '. / MOMMA -' . ' . (One hand up) . .' _ . . -' Alright, alright. You sure r-.us ' ." ' have a mean old Momma, make yc. '` ; - feel so bad. (Smile) -(No respc Momma starts toward kitchen. . ' Close-up of kid fingering the ' ' RADIO: . HAWKINS. SINGERS "JOY" paint chip. - .g Cut tc Momma in. ?-c'itohen, tired, re- signed, starting dinner, humming . i; ' ' . . ' . : . 't . snatches of "JOY". Reaches into '- cupboard absentmindediy, takes out / ' box of laundry starch, puts a pinch . ' - \ .. . in her mouth . ' h. ' " STOP ACTION, then DISSOLVE TO ' `' .k . M \ .' h ' .' ' Man's hands held beneath kitchen ' : ' /..p sink faucet, rinsing lather (check . . . . ' V . Matthews' occupation'for dress) - ' ' . , . hands reach for dishtowel from : ''V- holder (three-arm). PULL PACK to see DAD. Momma, enters kitchen with baby- in arm side-sling style. ' LIA-76280 * r vjIiM SCCmpT -- Pa. 1."! .. . ' ' . . .' ' DADDY - What's the matter with the boy , Essie? ' _ . MOMMA , . .1 don't know, he's just kind c ; poor, three, four days nov.u Daddy makes a boxer's stance at the ' '' baby, then "bites" baby's hand ;, .. '. DADDY ' ' ' What say. Champ? . Daddy brings high chair to table, ' ' . . . Momma-puts baby in r,r. Daddy sits . and kid comes in to sit at table ' DADDY . .' . . Hey, Number One Son. How's my ' man? ' ` . Kid silent.. As dinner is served ' . ; . / . - ' and eaten. Dad makes decision that * ' . ' . kid is to see a doctor, if this has ;p been going on for a few days - (questions re cold, fever, over- . ' / eating, etc. - things that parents ; check first, finding boy has been . '. ... . ' ' vomiting, stomach hurts, etc.) .. ;. . ' : ..... ' ; : LIA-76281 PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - Pc. .1.2 FADE OUT OR DISSOLVE : DADDY Don't worry, son. Doc. ____ will fix you-up in no time. Doctor's office - Doctor asking questions as he examines the hoy, probing, checking, listening, etc. Dr. is no slouch -- thorough exam. Informs Momma that it looks' like with the little stomach ache and vomiting and listlessness, kid has a bit of virus or gastroenteritis ' . MOMMA that's gastroenteritis. Dr.? v /' : Doctor goes on to prescribe . medicine, checking if there has been any trouble"with antibiotics, etc. Make the point that the Doctor', is sincere', thorough,.'patient, ' sympathetic, LIT STILL DID MOT . DOCTOR Well,' it's a little inflammatic of the intestine not unusual with the constipation you say 1 been hciving.- . ` LIA-76282 PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT Per. 13 CATCH THE POSSIBILITIES. OP LEZvD .. : POISONING, BECAUSE IT'S A "LOW- . ... / PRESENCE" THING. Maybe mild . '. ' i . _ ', . ' ' 'V ,. purgative and some vitamins, etc. . ' ' (check proper medication with. ' ' . .' doctors or hospital). Momma ' * ,1 . gathers hid, takes him home, ' ' : .. dragging baby. ' . b ' '. , . Arrive at home, kid lies on sofa, : '. ' ..' ' looks up at ceiling. Paint chips. ' . . ' Close-v.p of painr. chip that has ' ' . ' ' ' ' fallen on bed (sofa) - kid absent- ' ` ' ; . . ' 1 . r'. . mindedly fingers chip - STOP ACTION . . .. . Meanwhile Momma has set baby on " ; 7 - :/ . '. floor, and goes to kitchen. Baby , 7' \ . ` ; ' ' ' pulls self up to chair. Momma re- . .' * , .' . ' . .' ` ' ' .' .' turns and sees baby leaning against ' :.. b ' . ' . ' chair seat. Close-up of baby's .:. 7 ' '.. mouth on chair seat, shot past the . ' I i . '' . . close-up-magnified irregularities ' : -.. ; in the surface of a much-paintcd . ` . . . ' surface - STOP ACTION. Cut* to Momma . smiling a little at the baby, . .' . ' . . LIA-76283 PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT Pq- 14 maternally, then turning to kid on sofa. He's sleeping. Momma looks relieved. .' FADS OUT AND SOME SHOT OF WINDOW OR '' CALENDAR, ETC. TO SHOW CHANGE OF SEASON FROM WINTER TO SPRING OR SUMMER ' *t - (SUMMER BETTER) FROM NOW ON THE CLOTHES ' . WILL EE LIGHTER. .' . Back to a shot of the window, which is . . now open - nc kid. Momma coming down the street with package, as before, ' . ' but in summer clothes. Momma looks up. .Empty window. Slight concern on Momma's . face. Cut to kid on sofa, in convulsion. ..Momma walking slightly faster. Baby, ' ' sideping in crib. Momma enters front . door. '. . .. ' ; , _ ; . Convulsion; . ' Momma coming in apartment, stops, horrified. ' ' ' . ' '' ' r Convulsion; STOP ACTION; Momma grabs child, looks in on sleeping baby, knocks frantically on neighbor's door, tells her. '. .... LIA-76284 PAINT.CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - per. ] 5 Neighbor, in pin curlers and house coat, or newly washed hair, hurries to get her car keys. Meanwhile . Momma grabs two children, starts down stairs. ' -s Shot from the window to street, of two women getting into car with kids and taking off fast; ' . . ,t '' Hospital - crisp, efficient and well done, sc none can say "Well, chat was a schlock-hospital. - now at CURS"...,, : etc. Momma comforts herself and baby during examination of kid, find piurabism, make sure, treat it soon and well. Part of hospital bit is them telling Momma how lead stays in body, but not telling her that the disease is likely r .V to reoccur in this child, and not telling \- #, ' her to have the other child tested. ' s t o p s ; - .in appropriate places. . Lift-16285 paix t .1 J_iM. SCa , . 'T .16 Momma and child return home, child . "cured". .Momma on phone to landlord with orders from Health Department. (This is not a contradiction with : the previous paragraph, because too ' often people are given orders to follow without an explanation of the WHY of these orders, and also the poor, the ' . black, the Puerto Rican, all lost in the complexities of bureaucracy, . intimidated by the petty bureaucrat, ' " GoC , t ixckVO I*iC i3cu.C.:vC,Z'CV*nC. C -- A.CA-w c 2. mir.ute, what the hell does . all this raean?") landlord, sighing, "OK, OK, what will they want next?" . ' . ' . Painter comes to home. Momma tells painter to scrape, like in her orders.. Painter, a little nasty, cays he's been called to paint, what the. hell's the difference, he5c very busy, and he's only following orders - STOPJ I LIA-76286 'Al'X'i' CHIPS 'iisM - ?cr. 17 Painter painting over the old paint, 1 explaining it's interior oaint and'the\ ` law says there can't be lead in interior oaint, * " more than shows the .\ X1% \ label \ to Momma, who finally accepts it. i\ Painter starts to paint - STOP! Momma,' resigned, starts to say more, then decides not to - STOPl Continos with the cry of i the baby ("How he's -cranky, must be the . oair.t small") - STOP! ' ' '' SO'JkD: AMbcirr.'XJr/ >j .x 21 APPi\OACHIl\G , XL..A //; r At the window, Momma's distraught face, looking out anxiously. Cut to her view o: ambulance pulling up, narrowly averting' . crash with Father's car, as it arrives. All pile into door and up stairs.- Wild action as babies are taken out, both with convulsions, or one with.convulsions and one with coma. . ' Hospital ' Key scene in which we see hospital is efficient,' but not looking for rxcevious LIA-76287 PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - Pq. 13 history of lead poisoning or pica, treating for the symptom, not listening to the father, who first asks politely about lead poisoning, is put off, then he growing more insistent and referring to Urban League Show. He's "handled" by the staff, but still.steaming calls Anderson, who comes and the fight is on. Only by pressure, loudmcuthing (important to show this), and threats are resuxfs ootaineo. Kads a.rc bemg treated but Anderson vows to continue this. Anderson on phone and in offices of Housing, Health, landlord. Buildings Dept., etc., everybody he can see -- the polite apathy, the need for a . "study", and the thinly masked in-' difference-antagonism shown by bureaucrats toward the poor, the black, the non-English speaking, etc. \^ kf i. LIA-76288 A P.-.I;\j? CHIP a FILM SCRIPT - Per. 19 Through this bring out the lack .of effective instruction to Momma, and the lack of follow-up, that the caserecord would indicate. Hospital - the bad news. One child . is dead, the other brain-damaged. Vi'ails, recriminations, etc. .Anderson vows to check all, including' the . Housing- Bureau business. K painter cores to the house, and CHIPS FIRSTJ, Back- to house. A laying-out.. Candles, small coffin in the room (point up the irony that the kid finally got a iead- free house in' time \ Relatives, friends, or his funeral) ; neighbors, Anderson. Shots cf brain-damaged baby, or (if it's too scon) have someone explain the . absence, what's happened, what to expect. SILENT, EXCEPT FOR VOICES'OF MOURNERS ( Final shot is of the .newly chipped and ' . ' _ . painted windowsill-.. '- ' ' `. t1 ' ' ' .' - ' '. -- ; LlA~76289 A. MOVE IN to show through window to sidewalk in front of house. Over the, final shot grows the legend "THIS IS THE END"' ' . ' '' . .. . ' ' * .' ' ' . . ' ' . CUT TO Anderson, sober, coining out . * ' ` . *4 .. of house, still wearing armband. .: - . Door re-opens and TWO MOURNERS . ' . enter from, house - Dr. & Mrs. - .' ' ' (preferably a ' ' black doctor working in the Lead ' Belt). Anderson turns to them, ' .' all giving the slight head shake . . that is all one can do in the face . ' ' .' ' of premature death. They get into ' ' ' .. ' Dr. s -car, start off. " ' ' ' . . _ Inside car- - three sitting silently CAR MOTOR, RADIO PLAYING a while, looking cut - some views JACKSON 5 "I WANT YOU BACK" of passing neighborhood - play- AT LOW VOLUME - SOME STREET grounds, school, etc.,-then back .SOUNDS _ '' ' ' : to them. ' ' . `V ' ' ' . ' ' ANDERSON ' . . ' .... A ` . , How do you fight this ... c- . molester 7 LIA-76290 PAIR? CHIPS . FILM SCRIPT -Pa. 21 DR.'S WIFE Child killer, you mean. During the following cut away to < the stop-action frames of the story Dr. says three things, hasical. RECOGNIZE, RUN, AND SCREAM. E-: itself, so that the appropriate recognition of pica, possible dialogue is matched to the "missing clues, etc. because v/hen you s-. clues" - or "missed clues" . / U-i . real symptoms, a lot of damage has already been done. This i; 1I i 1!/ .w by parents and children, espec: in baby-sitting situations. RUN - at first signs of early clues. Don't wait around to m sure - RUN for bicod or urine ."\- . -\ tests to determine amounts of lead (mention where free tests \ ' available, if possible). \ . SCREAM - for housing, labeling paints, enforcement of legislai . -K// > I . r/ aaind especially scream against \ j J N < indifference of a white middle- U- . V, ^ A; VSy i .! : 1\ ,ir .o' class-oriented and probably .''.'racist bureaucracy - scream fo;- \/ LIA-76291 p a in t ci'iirs FILM SCRIPT Pr;. 2 2 o . i\ l\ V ' \ Doctor's car arrives at Anderson's house, \stops, he gets /' . out, they wave, car goes off. considering lead x-oisoiling, in early diagnoses, scream against "probable lead poisoning" diagnosis by doctor or hospital scream for treatment, for props instruction after treatment, fc follow-up to that instruction, for casefinding, scream at lane lords, -Health Dept., Buildings Dept., scream for Urban reacue. Medical School, NAAC? lawyers, \ for the Panthers, Loyal . SCRErth unril resumes arc SCREAM DOR THE LIVES 0? THE c h il d r e n :.' :. . A thoughtful Anderson enters his' house, camera follows him into house. Ha removes jacket, takes death announcement from pocket, looks at it, puts it on mail table, iocls no. ' OPENING VAMP OF "PAINT CHIPS" FADES UP TO LOW. THE SONG OR PART OF IT WILL PLAY UNDER TkIH LIA-76292 PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT - Per. 23 >ff, as though thinking FOLLOWING, ADDING LYRIC AFTER ."LAST LINE OF DIALOGUE, AND PLAT THROUGH A SLOW FADE ENDING SEQUENCE. _ ANDERSON It's not a pretty story. No 'heippy ending - yet. This tire ' the killer escaped. No one saw the clues till it was too 1 Did yon see them? Have you see- them in your house? In your ' neighborhood? ' .(Into a more capsuled reviev.q : C . stressing RECOGNIZE, RUN, SCF.EA Remember, to support this kille all you have to do is --- nothi:: .'Fight this killer, for the children. Protect them as tkov they were your own. They are. LIA-76293 PAINT CHIPS FILM SCRIPT Pa. 24 Shots of the apartment with paint, ' MUSIC RISES IN VOLUME, LYRICS etc., as in the opening sequence, .ARE HEARD FROM "WHY, LORD, WHY' but intercut periodically with then cut to "ME AND MARY ..." inserts of the small coffin, the THROUGH THE PLAY OUT DURING hospital, the coma, the brain- THE SLOW FADE . damaged child, baby lying in crib, , etc. -- all during a slow . . ' . . 'A FADE OUT. ' ' * LIA-76294 l ia - 76295