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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 83; Ray Price]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  Footage from the DuSable Museum of African American History. The Kartemquin crew records the beginning of a tour of students entering the museum, then interviews Curator Raymon Price. This tape is part of a documentary about the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1992 exhibition Bridges and Boundaries, although they do not directly address DuSable’s relationship to the exhibit in this portion of the interview, and instead just start with some basic information about the museum itself.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 82]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  Kartemquin Films interviews Morrie Fred, Director of the Spertus Museum of Judaica, about their 1992 exhibition Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries. The interview takes place after the exhibition has been finished and on display in the museum, and Fred discusses the risks involved in doing a gallery exhibition about potentially controversial issues.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 80; Morry Fred]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  In an interview with Kartemquin Films, Morry Fred, Director of the Spertus Museum of Judaica, reflects on the museum’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.” Fred talks about what inspired him to pursue the project, the project’s successes and shortcomings, and the unbalanced nature of Black–Jewish relations.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 81]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  Kartemquin Films interviews Morrie Fred, Director of the Spertus Museum of Judaica, about their 1992 exhibition Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries. The interview takes place after the exhibition has been finished and on display in the museum, and Fred talks about the failed attempt to involve DuSable Museum of African American History and why he thinks the partnership never happened and its effects on the resulting exhibition.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 79]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  B-roll footage of artist Othello Anderson’s piece for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.”

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 42]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  At the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” artist Kerry James Marshall talks about his piece for the show.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 41]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  A Kartemquin Films crew attending the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 opening of “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” interviews artists and patrons alike, focusing in this tape on the work of Othello Anderson, Gerda Meyer-Bernstein, and Kerry James Marshall.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 40]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  A Kartemquin Films crew attends the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” on May 19th, 1994. The tape includes footage of the pieces, conversations between artists and patrons, and an interview with Dr. Lester Skaggs of the Manhattan Project.