Home » Page 6

• 

  Uptown special projects scrapbook

  Chicago, Politics, Roots of Video

  This is a series of short video segments shot primarily in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago in 1974. They mostly concern problems faced by the residents of Uptown, including issues with the FLAT grant, the practice of redlining, and the lack of projects and programs which would make the community safer for the public.

• 

  Scrapbook: Bank Issue

  Chicago, Politics, Roots of Video

  This video shows the efforts of the Organization of the Northeast (O.N.E.) to push local financial institutions into investing more of their money in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago. It contains a series of segments from 1974, including a session with Gov. Dan Walker, a meeting with the Uptown National Bank, and three newsreels which show the backlash against some local banks, as well as the O.N.E.’s success in negotiating a pact with four of the banks in these neighborhoods.

• 

  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #9: Mike Olszanski part 2]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

• 

  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #8: Mike Olszanski with Al Samter]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw footage shot for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

• 

  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #5: right to strike steering committee]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw footage for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

• 

  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw #2: strikers at Hilton]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw footage shot for “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

• 

  [Where’s I.W. Abel? raw: Buddy Hill]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Raw interview footage with steel worker Buddy Hill shot for the documentary “Where’s I.W. Abel?” Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the video documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Featuring Staughton Lynd.

• 

  [Chicago Teachers Union Strike ’75: Substitute Teachers]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Politics, Roots of Video

  Footage of the 1975 Chicago Teachers Union strike and a group of substitute teachers participating. The strike lasted 11 days and won a 7.1 percent raise. Additional wins include further reduction in class size, maternity benefits improvements, and paid dental insurance.