Comments on: Ask Me, Don’t Tell Me (1961), Teenage Gangs In San Francisco

By: gene sculatti

gene sculatti — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:17:16 +0000

It IS awesome. Not surprising that the Quakers did this: AFS was resolutely liberal and tolerant, and inclusive. Their POV in this doc was fairly radical for the time. In the opening, the “Shoes” the narrator refers to are the White Shoes, a big gang from the Mission district in the late 50s. A cool, more white-bread companion to this would be kinescopes of ‘Dick Stewart’s KPIX Dance Party’ from the same period, but they likely don’t exist.

By: Enric

Enric — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:31:29 +0000

The jazzy intro is the tops!

By: Aaron C

Aaron C — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:18:02 +0000

This is awesome. Greasers RULE.

By: Jackson West

Jackson West — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:36:02 +0000

Awesome. What blows my mind is that it was produced by the Quakers of all folks.