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  The Roosevelt Experiment

  American Way, Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Harold Washington, On the Media, Politics, Videomakers, War and Peace, Wild Chicago

  Why and how did an integrated college in a segregated city start in downtown Chicago just as World War II was ending? In 1984 an independent documentary filmmaker, Jeff Spitz, found old pictures and film footage about Roosevelt University including a magazine article that referred to the school as “The Roosevelt Experiment.”

  Tapping the memories of former students who crossed the color line, particularly Blacks and Jews, the film blends archival images and interviews into an exploration of race, racial quotas and democratic ideals. Former students recall being questioned during an anti-communist investigation that targeted their school.

  Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, a former student council president, shares poignant memories of getting into political
  arguments in the cafeteria. He called it an “insane but interesting place.”

  Shortly after the film’s release Spitz returned to City Hall to interview Mayor Washington about fairness, diversity and clashing visions of government. Mayor Washington’s additional commentary appears at the end of the video.

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  The Work of Judy Hoffman

  Chicago, Guerrilla Television, Judy Hoffman, Native American, Outside Agitators, Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media, Politics, War and Peace

  A collection of footage from various projects by Judy Hoffman, covering the 1975 HSA Doctor’s Strike, a 1991 Shedd Aquarium special exhibit tape on Kwakiutl salmon fishing, a 2003 war protest, and the 1998 An American Near Paris.

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  Everybody In, Nobody Out (Excerpts)

  Chicago, Judy Hoffman

  Excerpts from “Everybody In, Nobody Out,” a short film produced in 2003 by Health & Medicine Policy Research Group on the occasion of Quentin Young’s 80th birthday.
  To learn more about Health & Medicine’s current work, visit: www.hmprg.org

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  Revisiting the Scene: Quentin Young’s Chicago

  Chicago Politics, Judy Hoffman, Outside Agitators, Politics

  Quentin Young, a notable Chicago physician and activist, visits various Chicago sites important to his personal history of political activism, providing the context for each site as he does so. Throughout the course of the video, Young visits Valois Restaurant in Hyde Park, the site of the 1937 Memorial Day massacre, Bughouse Square, 1515 S Hamlin, the John Alexander Logan Monument, Federal Plaza, Cook County Hospital, Michael Reese Medical Center, and Daley Plaza.

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  Imbed This

  Judy Hoffman, Outside Agitators, Politics, War and Peace

  Footage from a 2003 Chicago protest against the war in Iraq. Hoffman approaches police officers and reporters at the scene for comment, with varying degrees of success.

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  A Familiar Wilderness: Northwest Coast Salmon Fishing (John G. Shedd Oceanarium Special Exhibition Video)

  Communities, Judy Hoffman, Native American, Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media

  A Familiar Wilderness, a documentary commissioned for the opening of the Shedd Aquarium’s Oceanarium, documents an aboriginal fisherman, Roy Cranmer, fighting to preserve the ‘Namgis band’s historic fishing grounds and land of origin while protecting the vibrant ecosystems and salmon populations that have sustained the Pacific Northwest Coast region for centuries. Also known by the anglicized name Nimpkish, the ‘Namgis are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw (initially named the Kwakiut’l by Franz Boas) First Nation and have their homeland in what is now British Columbia, on the northern end of Vancouver Island. Hoffman has maintained a long relationship with the ‘Namgis band, having been adopted into the Cranmer family at the Cranmer potlatch in November 2017. This video was a collaborative effort with the First Nation people of Alert Bay, B.C., and continues to be shown there at the U’mista Cultural Centre.

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  Ishai Sagi: Not In My Name

  Judy Hoffman, Politics, War and Peace

  Uncut tape of an interview with Ishai Sagi, a lieutenant in the Israeli army who was sentenced to twenty-six days in Israeli military prison for refusing to serve in Palestine. Sagi recounts his story, discussing the reasons for his refusal and his opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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  [Raw Footage of Imbed This]

  Judy Hoffman

  Uncut footage from a 2003 anti-war protest at Federal Plaza in the Chicago Loop. The final, edited footage can be found in Hoffman’s Imbed This.