[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 66; Gallery Interviews]
The Kartemquin video crew interviews two women about their reactions to the work on display at the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries.”
The Kartemquin video crew interviews two women about their reactions to the work on display at the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries.”
A documentary produced by Kartemquin Films made to accompany the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition in which six African-American artists and six Jewish-American artists collaborated on a group show. Features interviews with many of the artists, footage from the exhibition including interviews with patrons, as well as interviews with Morry Fred (Director of the Spertus Museum) and Raymon Price (Director of the DuSable Museum of African-American History).
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.
In the second part of an interview with Kartemquin Films as part of their 1994 documentary, “Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries,” artist Edith Altman talks a great deal about the Lubavitchers as well as the role of children in her upcoming piece.
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.
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.
In this 1994 trip to artist John Pitman Weber’s studio, a group of filmmakers from Kartemquin Films talk with Weber about his work, his life, and Jewish involvement in the Civil Rights movement.
Donna Blue Lachman performs a one-woman show about Rosa Luxemburg.