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December 19, 2006
Pursuing Happyness: Chris Gardner, Chicago 2000
Videographer Len Davis, who worked for Chicago's ambitious CITY2000 chronicle project, made a short video of a businessman in a cab talking about having been homeless, and how hard it is for a black man to get a cab in America. The man's name? Chris Gardner, who is played by Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness. The true-life Mr. Gardner displays a slightly higher amount of race awareness than as portrayed by Mr. Smith. If you want to sample another Davis CITY2000 bit, how about Dead Cop in Trunk? [The Gardner clip contains profanity and other strong language.]
Posted by Ray Pride at December 19, 2006 08:23 PM
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