Reaction to socio-documentary film research in a mental health clinic.

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As part of a research project, a group of adolescent black girls living in an urban poor community was invited to create a film on any topic of the girls' choice. Reactions to the filmmaking activity, and to the nine-minute, 16-mm film that resulted, illustrate many problems of a mental health clinic in dealing with and doing research in a poor community.