[Centro Cultural Ruiz Belvis: March to end police repression]
A political demonstration at the Centro Cultural Ruiz Belvis in Chicago protesting police violence against the Latinx community.
A political demonstration at the Centro Cultural Ruiz Belvis in Chicago protesting police violence against the Latinx community.
A discussion with young children living from Pilsen about gangs.
A protest in downtown Chicago against the drastic cuts to the Chicago Public Schools’ budgets. Protesters demand funds for poor students and Latinx students, and demand an audience with Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Angeline Caruso.
A profile of the Latino Youth alternative high school, located in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.
Taped at the first-ever women’s street fair held in Pilsen, a predominantly Latinx, working-class neighborhood in Chicago. The event was organized by Mujeres Latinas in Accion to showcase Latinx women’s culture and to provide information about social services, health services and recreational opportunities available for women. The video captures the activity and color of the fair and features readings by poets Salima Rivera and Marta Callazo. Comments by organizers, participants and local residents give insight into the role of Latinx women in society at that time. Produced, videotaped, and edited by Eleanor Boyer and Karen Peugh with a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.
A video about teacher and master craftsperson Maria Luisa Michel Almonte. An artist/teacher, after immigrating to Chicago in 1950 she supported her family from her flower shop business and became a leader in the educational and cultural life of the community. She taught traditional arts, crafts, and practical skills like dress-making in settlement houses, in community workshops and in her own studio. The video shows Ms. Almonte in community-sponsored workshops teaching neighborhood residents how to make traditional cut-paper ornaments and how to design clothing.
Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a series about everyday life in Chicago. In this video, Karen Hutt interviews Araceli Trujillo, a Mexican-American teenager who lives in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Araceli talks about her life, family, school, and knowledge of the suburbs, among other things, as they walk through the Mexican-American community together.
Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a series about everyday life in Chicago. This video is a continuation of footage of a benefit for Community Support Systems, a non-profit organization based in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. This is followed by Tobi Johnson interviewing members of the Klingon Assault Group at a Star Trek Convention in Harvey, Illinois. She interviews Jerry Murphy, of the group, who says that they put on full Klingon make-up and costume and perform service work in the community. Johnson also follows around a set of twin boys who are new members of the group and tell a bit about the Star Trek fan community and how they are involved in the group.