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  [FALN rally part II: Marta, Luis]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage from a National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN) support rally in the late 1970s. Luis Rosado appears on the tape. This tape is a continuation of the previous video.

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  [FALN rally part I: Pedro, Steven, Marta]

  Chicago, Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage from a National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN) support rally in the late 1970s. Pedro Archuleta, Julio Rosado, Luis Rosado, and Maria Cueto appear on the tape.

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  [NYC violence moratorium meeting part 2, and March to United Nations in New York part 1]

  Communities, Latinx, NHPRC, Outside Agitators

  This tape features footage of a demonstration in New York City against police brutality. Activist Emilio Benevides addresses a large crowd about the perils of “police terrorism” in their community, made up primarily of people of Puerto Rican descent. This is followed by numerous street interviews with supporters, including an interview with Benevides. Benevides had ties to the National Liberation Armed Forces (FALN).

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  Aunt Cordi

  American Way, Black, CLIR, Communities, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC

  This tape features an interview with an elderly African-American woman referred to as Aunt Cordi. Cordi talks about her experience working as a midwife in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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  [Paper Roses raw: Gus and Gertrude Radon, sing-along, Mrs. Calssalio]

  Chicago, CLIR, Communities, Guerrilla Television, Latinx, NHPRC

  In 1975, the Chicago video collective Videopolis produced a documentary called “It’s a Living.” The tape was loosely based on Studs Terkel’s book, “Working,” which was a collection of interviews with ordinary people talking about their jobs. This hour-long program was shown on Channel 11 (WTTW) in Chicago. After the success of this tape, the videomakers were commissioned to make six half-hour shows that had the same type of mission. “Paper Roses” featured residents of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Clark-Irving Apartments, which provided low-rent housing for senior citizens. This tape features the continuation of an interview with Gus and Gertrude Radon, footage of a group sing-along led by Margaret Falkenberg, and an interview about the difficulty of retirement with Mrs. Cassalio.

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  [Paper Roses raw: first day]

  Chicago, CLIR, Communities, Guerrilla Television, Latinx, NHPRC

  In 1975, the Chicago video collective Videopolis produced a documentary called “It’s a Living.” The tape was loosely based on Studs Terkel’s book, “Working,” which was a collection of interviews with ordinary people talking about their jobs. This hour-long program was shown on Channel 11 (WTTW) in Chicago. After the success of this tape, the videomakers were commissioned to make six half-hour shows that had the same type of mission. “Paper Roses” featured residents of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Clark-Irving Apartments, which provided low-rent housing for senior citizens. In this tape, videomakers Joel Gold and Maxi Cohen tour the facilities, meet a few residents, and observe a game of bingo.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: buildings footage – redevelopment plans]

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

  Footage for the documentary “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 features shots of newly-constructed town homes on Mohawk Avenue, poster board presentations from several private redevelopment contractors, and b-roll video shot in the Cabrini community on the Sedwick buildings parking lot and in front of the Cabrini row houses on Hudson Avenue.

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  [Voices of Cabrini raw: demolition of Robbins’s Barbershop]

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

  Footage for the documentary “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 records interviews and conversation inside George Robbins’s barbershop at 456 W. Division Street. The final twenty minutes of the tape records the demolition of George Robbins’s barbershop.