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  Bill and Mike Veeck and “The Saint of Second Chances”

  Bill Veeck, Blog, Chicago, Cubs, Sports, White Sox

  Bill Veeck and Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg at the White Sox’s spring training in 1978. This week saw the release of The Saint of Second Chances on Netflix, the new documentary from acclaimed filmmakers Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor) and Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol). The film is a lively portrait of Mike Veeck, son of Chicago royalty Bill Veeck (1914-1986), who inherited his father’s passion for baseball and for the ballyhoo and PT Barnum-esque stunts that endeared his teams to their […]

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  Arson in the Northwest Community Organization area

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  A documentary about an epidemic of arson in West Town, and the lack of responsiveness from officials.

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  [People in Uptown: Kathy, Meg, Jane…Chrysalis]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  Interviews with residents of the Uptown neighborhood conducted by students at the Chrysalis Learning Community, an alternative school for girls, including a young woman from Alabama, a teen boy watching his niece at the playground, and a Lakota Sioux woman who works at a store selling Native American arts and crafts.

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  [Chrysalis Talent Show]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  A talent show at Chicago alternative high school Chrysalis.

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  [Chrysalis Forum]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  Discussion between teachers and students of Chrysalis, an alternative high school in Chicago. Topics include courses that will be offered and planning for their upcoming talent show.

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  [Chrysalis Interviews: Diane and Lise]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  Interviews with two female students at Chrysalis, an alternative high school in Chicago, about their experience at the school and how it has affected their lives and their education.

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  [Lake View High School: Burger King interviews]

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  Interviews with students at Lakeview Academy about their school, filmed at a nearby Burger King.

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  Lakeview High School Student Interviews

  Chicago, CLIR, CTVN, Guerrilla Television

  Students at Lake View High School details their frustrations with the school’s teachers.