When we first see Vince Williams (Richard Barboza), he's behind bars. He rises wearily and clutches the bars of his cell as he laments the sequence of events that have landed him in jail. Norman Loftis's SMALL TIME chronicles those events, following Vince on a routine but fateful day of
petty crime.
His doleful story is supplemented by flashbacks and the testimonies--straight to the camera--of eyewitnesses to the collision course young Vince has been on since he was born poor and black in the USA. Before that, actually: his mother, the first eyewitness, recounts how at the age of 13 she was
in labor with Vince for 20 hours before he emerged from the womb feet ...
Released:
1991
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins