[Chicago Slices raw: Street Musicians]
STREET MUSICIANS in front of Watertower Place singing “Under the Boardwalk” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
STREET MUSICIANS in front of Watertower Place singing “Under the Boardwalk” and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”
ANDREW JONES: Gerbil Bumper from PARKVIEW PET STORE. Oak Street Beach interviews about men on the beach with ANNALISE CUPELLO, and TOYMEKIN WILLIAMS.
Mission of Peace. Andrew Jones documents his experience with the Gulf Peace Team, a group of activists assembled from fourteen different countries that set out to prevent war between forces in Iraq.
Andrew Jones travels to North Korea with a group of African Americans called “People to People” in an effort to learn more about the country. Once there, his mission for the tape becomes dispelling negative American myths about North Korea.
Various segments with people featured on The 90’s. Robert Demella talks about being a cab driver in New York City. Ruth Handler, creator of the Barbie doll, talks about how she got into the business of prosthetic breasts and her business “Nearly Me.” “On Our Land,” about Appalachians struggling against mining corporations trying to take their land. Erika Becker talks about having Cerebral Palsy. John Parker distributes drug needles to addicts in a controversial effort to prevent the spread of disease. Andrew Jones documents the Iraq human peace camp.
Andrew Jones investigates the aftermath of the murder of 11-year-old Robert “Yummy” Sandifer, who had been accused of killing 14-year-old Shavon Dean in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Two brothers, Cragg and Derrick Hardaway, were arrested for the murder of Sandifer. Jones talks to family and friends about the tragedy of two murders of teenagers and how it reflects on our society.