8/14/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Laurie Little
Laurie Little is a Chicago-based filmmaker, artist, and educator.
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Gun violence in Chicago: then as now
Walking to school: usually a quick and unmemorable trip. That wasn’t the case for Dantrell Davis on the 13th of October in 1992. Just seven years old at the time, Davis was murdered by a bullet meant for a rival gang member, fired by Anthony Garrett. Just as in 1992, the senseless deaths of dozens of Chicagoans is once again at the top of newsreels. This July, 105 gun deaths occured in Chicago — more than double the total from […]
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![[’63 Boycott: Timuel Black interview]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/926117782_295x166-228x160.jpg)
[’63 Boycott: Timuel Black interview]
Camera original footage shot for the documentary ’63 Boycott from Kartemquin Films. ’63 Boycott is a thirty-minute documentary and web project highlighting the stories of participants in the 1963 Chicago Public School (CPS) Boycott (also known as Freedom Day). One of the largest Civil Rights demonstrations in the city’s history, on October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups, local activists, and 250,000 students staged a mass boycott and demonstration against the Chicago Board of Education to protest racial segregation and inadequate resources for Black students. This interview features Timuel Black, a long-time Civil Rights activist, educator, and historian of African-American history. In the 1960s Black served as an adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr. and led the Chicago contingent to the 1963 March on Washington.
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7/23/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Tom Weinberg
Tom Weinberg is a pioneering TV and nonfiction producer who has worked in video for more than 50 years.
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7/16/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Eleanor Boyer
Eleanor Boyer is a Chicago-based videomaker who has worked in video activism since the 1970s, beginning with her work on the Women’s Video Project at the Loop YWCA.
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![[’63 Boycott: Ralph Davis Interview]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/921559202_295x166-228x160.jpg)
[’63 Boycott: Ralph Davis Interview]
Camera original footage shot for the documentary ’63 Boycott from Kartemquin Films. ’63 Boycott is a thirty-minute documentary and web project highlighting the stories of participants in the 1963 Chicago Public School (CPS) Boycott (also known as Freedom Day). One of the largest Civil Rights demonstrations in the city’s history, on October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups, local activists, and 250,000 students staged a mass boycott and demonstration against the Chicago Board of Education to protest racial segregation and inadequate resources for Black students. This interview features Ralph Davis, a student who was interviewed in the original film shot by Gordon Quinn during the 1963 boycott.
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![[’63 Boycott: Jill Willis and Annette Stricland Interview]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/922584705_295x166-228x160.jpg)
[’63 Boycott: Jill Willis and Annette Stricland Interview]
Camera original footage shot for the documentary ’63 Boycott from Kartemquin Films. ’63 Boycott is a thirty-minute documentary and web project highlighting the stories of participants in the 1963 Chicago Public School (CPS) Boycott (also known as Freedom Day). One of the largest Civil Rights demonstrations in the city’s history, on October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups, local activists, and 250,000 students staged a mass boycott and demonstration against the Chicago Board of Education to protest racial segregation and inadequate resources for Black students. This interview features Annette Stricland and her daughter Jill Willis, who marched in the 1963 Boycott.
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![[’63 Boycott: Natasha Dunne, Jill Willis, and Annette Stricland Interview]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/899306920_295x166-228x160.jpg)
[’63 Boycott: Natasha Dunne, Jill Willis, and Annette Stricland Interview]
Camera original footage shot for the documentary ’63 Boycott from Kartemquin Films. ’63 Boycott is a thirty-minute documentary and web project highlighting the stories of participants in the 1963 Chicago Public School (CPS) Boycott (also known as Freedom Day). One of the largest Civil Rights demonstrations in the city’s history, on October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups, local activists, and 250,000 students staged a mass boycott and demonstration against the Chicago Board of Education to protest racial segregation and inadequate resources for Black students. This interview features Annette Stricland, her daughter Jill Willis and granddaughter Natasha Dunne.