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  [People for Community Recovery #3: discussion]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Judy Hoffman, Outside Agitators

  A discussion by the People for Community Recovery, a far South-East Side based environmental activist group, in November of 1992. They talk about problems in their community of Altgeld Gardens.

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  [People for Community Recovery rally #2]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Judy Hoffman, Outside Agitators, Videomakers

  A rally by the People for Community Recovery, an environmental activist group based out of Altgeld Gardens on the South-East Side of Chicago, in the August of 1991.

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  [People for Community Recovery rally #1]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Judy Hoffman, Videomakers

  A rally by the People for Community Recovery, an environmental activist organization based in the Altgeld Gardens community, in August of 1991. Notable speakers are Hazel Johnson, the founder of PCR, Father Michael Pfleger, activist Walter “Slim” Coleman, and former Mayor of Chicago Eugene Sawyer.

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  More Than A Game

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sports

  This is a mid-length documentary about playground basketball on the South and West sides of Chicago dealing specifically with the myths surrounding it, the culture it has created, and its effect on individuals. Notable NBA interviewees within the film are Glenn “Doc” Rivers and Eddie Johnson.

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  7/13/13: In person: Michael Johnson, from 1999 doc “The Other M.J.”

  Black, Blog, Events

    Michael Johnson in “The Other M.J.” (1999) Out of Bounds: In the Shadow of His Airness Saturday, July 13 at 7pm South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Ave. Free admission Presented by South Side Projections Featuring: The Other MJ (Tom Weinberg, 1999, 28 min., DVD) + More Than a Game (Joe Angio and Joel Cohen, 1992, 48 min., DVD) Joel Cohen, Michael Johnson, and Tom Weinberg in person!   A message from Tom Weinberg August, 1996.  Democratic […]

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: b-roll driving]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Raw video shot for “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the City of Chicago. This tape features b-roll recorded from inside a car. The car takes various routes around Cabrini-Green and the Gold Coast neighborhood. No audio for the majority of the tape.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Cutaways]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Footage for the documentary “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the city of Chicago. This video features footage of the demolition of 1115-1117 N. Sedgwick, interviews with Peter “KSO-G” Geller and Mark Pratt, and several cut-away shots of 1150-1160 N. Sedgwick and redevelopment sites.

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  American Roots Music Chicago

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Studs Terkel

  “American Roots Music: Chicago” provides a history of Chicago blues, jazz, and folk music through archival photographs and film. Several notable musicians, such as B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Pete Seeger, and Jeff Tweedy reflect on what they’ve inherited from their predecessors. Harold Ramis narrates biographical segments on Louis Armstrong, Ma Rainey, Benny Goodman, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, the Staple Sisters, Willie Dixon, and Big Bill Broonzy. The documentary also covers the rise of folk and polka in Chicago. Other topics include the Great Migration, the rise of radio and phonograph records, electric musical instruments, the National Barn Dance radio program, and the Old Town School of Folk Music. The documentary ends with a sampling of musical genres and venues active in Chicago.