1. Why were the booksellers allowed to set up tables on the street and sell books and magazines, when it was illegal to set up a table and sell food or clothing?
2. Why did the City Council pass new laws to restrict the sale of books on the street? What did the booksellers have to do to comply with the new law?
3. Jane Jacobs wrote about “public characters” in her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961). What is a “public character”? How does the concept of “public characters” relate to the film?
4. What is the “broken windows” theory? How does it relate to what the film? What are your own thoughts about this theory?

a. Please watch this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/aNoHcUnJ2aU

b. There is an article in the Learning Web folder, “Sidewalk”, but you can find it online here: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/01/economist- explains-18

5. Cornel West believes that the filmmakers and the author of the book Sidewalk should have explored the “West Indian dimension.” In a couple of sentences, explain what he is talking about.

Note: His discussion is in a minute supplementary video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idf-IT3qlfk

6. Discuss in detail how the film Sidewalk engages core social science concepts like race, poverty, homelessness, underground economies, interactions with the police, and