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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: Moe Robbins]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Raw video shot for “Voices of Cabrini.” Shot between 1995-1999, it documented the Cabrini Green redevelopment project proposed and carried out by the City of Chicago. This video was recorded inside George Robbins’s barbershop at 456 W. Division Street.

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  [Jane Byrne’s Easter at Cabrini, Weinberg / Finerty edit]

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Communities, Guerrilla Television, Politics, Tom Weinberg, Viewers Choice, Voices of Cabrini

  Tom Weinberg and Tom Finerty’s edit of Jane Byrne’s Easter Celebration at Cabrini Green. Shot for “Ambassadors of Cabrini.” Footage of an Easter celebration held by Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne at Cabrini Green, where she was temporarily living at the time. The tape begins with Byrne trying to lead the crowd in religious songs. However, after a short period of footage of Byrne’s official program, the camera turns to a large group of protesters (presumably Cabrini Green residents) who are angry at Byrne for her policies towards African-Americans, shouting, “We need jobs, not eggs!” In a widely publicized PR stunt, Byrne had briefly taken up residence in Cabrini Green, the notorious housing project. The protesters are almost immediately beaten by the police and taken to jail. The remainder of the tape is the crew’s attempt to understand what happened and locate the jailed demonstrators.