i just receive a dvd of j. t. from flashbackdvd . com to give to my wife in time for mother day . the quality of the dvd be superb . i can not believe that cbs wouldn not want to sell this and but they have never release the child film festival either . what a loss to the child of today . my family and i watch j. t. last evening and my three child and age 8 and 10 and 12 be rivet . the young be in tear by the end and so be i. it be a stark and love portrayal of a single parent black family eking out an existence in harlem . j. t. have to make some very important decision about life at a young age and which he be able to do thanks to the love of his mother and grandmother and a stray cat . my kid ask many question about j. t world after the movie while it show them a slice of life that they have never before see . i hope that it help make them more empathetic to others in the world around them . my problem be that my wife and i independently remember a different climax to this story and see almost 40 year ago . i only saw j. t. once and but i remember that j. t. cat be hang by the two bully . i clearly remember the scene when j. t. discover the body hang in a doorway . i be very surprised that the cat be hit by a car in the dvd i watch . my wife say that she remember most of the movie a she watch it last night and but be also surprise that the cat be not hang . this scene be very intense for a 9 year old in 1969 while i have never forget it . neither have my wife . be there an alternate scene shot for the cat death because the hanging be too horrible . or be my wife and i recall a different movie from the same time where a young black boy pet cat be hang . i can not believe that there be another movie like this . i hope that someone can help with an answer .