[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 39]
A Kartemquin Films crew attends the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” on May 19th, 1994.
A Kartemquin Films crew attends the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” on May 19th, 1994.
Artist Fan Warren is seen in studio with her piece for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.”
Prior to the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” participating artist Fan Warren talks about her artistic influences, Black and Jewish relations, and her qualms with the Spertus show.
Othello Anderson—co-curator of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” exhibition—talks to Kartemquin Films about a myriad of topics; including why he decided to participate in the show, his relationship with WWII physicist Dr. Lester Skaggs, and Black–Jewish relations.
Co-curators Claire Wolf Krantz and Othello Anderson along with artist Hamza Walker plan the layout of their upcoming exhibition at the Spertus Museum of Judaica, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.”
A Kartemquin Films crew spends the day at the Spertus Museum of Judaica prior to their “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” exhibition, focusing on the work of Gerda Meyer-Bernstein, Hamza Walker, Esther Parada, and Marva Jolly.
Artist Gerda Meyer-Bernstein begins installing her piece “The Phoenix” at the Spertus Museum of Judaica for their 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.”
Artist Kerry James Marshall talks with a Kartemquin Films crew about Baruch Goldstein and growing up in South Central Los Angeles during the emergence of the Crips and other violent gangs.