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  Bonne Bell: 10,000 Meter Race For Women

  Chicago, Eleanor Boyer, Videomakers

  This video documents Chicago’s first 6.2 mile race for women. Organized and hosted by the Loop Center YWCA in April,1978, it was billed as one of the largest, if not the largest, sporting event for women to that date. Over 2000 entrants completed the race. The tape vividly captures the excitement of women of all ages, races and economic status, many of whom were motivated to run by the desire to do something ‘just for themselves.’ Loop YWCA organizers, Sharon Mier and Erma Tranter appear in the tape as does then mayor of Chicago, Michael Bilandic.

• A Vision Comes to Life: Chicago’s 57th Street Art Fair, The First Fifty Years 1948-1997

  Arts & Culture, Chicago, Studs Terkel

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries followup]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  A documentary produced by Kartemquin Films made to accompany the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition in which six African-American artists and six Jewish-American artists collaborated on a group show. Features interviews with many of the artists, footage from the exhibition including interviews with patrons, as well as interviews with Morry Fred (Director of the Spertus Museum) and Raymon Price (Director of the DuSable Museum of African-American History).

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  Pieces of Manley

  Chicago, Sports, Tom Weinberg

  Footage shot for documentary about Manley High School on the West Side of Chicago, and their successful basketball team.

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  Cicero: Community of Controversy

  Chicago

  News Reporting on the town of Cicero a Community of Controversy

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  [Bill Lipinski petition scandal]

  Chicago, Politics

  WBBM-TV Chicago news report on Congressman Bill Lipinski, whose staffers circulated petitions to get on the Republican ballot for a fake opponent named Nicholas Pehlke, which would have helped weaken the campaign of Lipinski’s Republican opponent.

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  ONE Retrospective

  Chicago, Communications for Change, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video

  An overview of the work and accomplishments of Organization of the Northeast, which advocates for social justice issues in Chicago, primarily in the Uptown neighborhood.

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  [Communications for Change on Channel 2 news]

  Black, Chicago, Communications for Change, Communities, Roots of Video

  Off air channel 2 news report featuring segments profiling the Documenting Social History oral history videotape project of Communications for Change, including an interview with C for C’s founder/director, Tedwilliam Theodore.