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In an interview with Kartemquin Films for their 1994 documentary, “Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries,” artist Joel Feldman talks about “Jewishness,” his upbringing in Washington D.C., and presents his opinions regarding the politics of racism.
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In a stream-of-consciousness-style interview with Kartemquin Films, artist Edith Altman talks about the role of the “scapegoat” in Black and Jewish history, the role of art in society, bigotry and the possibility for forgiveness, the “Black holocaust,” and her upcoming piece, “How Shall we Teach our Children?”
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In a 1994 interview with Kartemquin Films, artist Edith Altman talks about a piece she is working on for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.” Altman also sheds light on the inspirations for her artwork, her trip to Eastern Europe and Auschwitz, and the difficulty of Holocaust education.
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A Kartemquin Films crew led by Jerry Blumenthal take a look around artist Claire Wolf Krantz’s studio, focusing primarily on her most recent piece “Book of Life,” a commentary on Jewish–Black relations.
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Artist Claire Wolf Krantz talks with a Kartemquin film crew about the role of identity and religion in her work before giving us a rare glimpse of her artistic process in action.
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In the second part of an interview with Kartemquin Films for their “Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries” project, artist Claire Wolf Krantz talks about the idea of the “Other,” her artistic style, and the issues surrounding Farrakhan and his antisemitism.
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In an interview with Jerry Blumenthal as part of Kartemquin Films’ 1994 project “Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries,” artist Claire Wolf Krantz talks about her current project, race relations, and growing up as a Jewish-American woman in the mid-20th century.
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Artist Gerda Meyer-Bernstein takes the Kartemquin Films crew on a tour of her studio, showing and discussing some of her previous works.