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  Dave Meggyesy, tape 2

  Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Kartemquin Films, Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media, Sports

  A talk entitled “The Radical Transformation of Sport in America” by Dave Meggyesy. It took place at a Rising Up Angry outreach program called Friends of Angry held at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church at 2747 N. Wilton Ave in Chicago. Rising Up Angry was a youth revolutionary activist group in the 1960s and 1970s. Meggyesy was an American football player turned union organizer and author of Out Of Their League, an autobiographical look at football that was critical of the sport’s dehumanizing aspects and pro-capitalist values. In this tape, Meggyesy gives specific examples of the ways in which he feels organized sports in America dehumanize people, and also answers some questions from the audience.

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  Salt of the Earth vs Chambers

  Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Kartemquin Films, Outside Agitators

  This video documents a post-screening discussion with Virginia Jencks about the 1954 film “Salt of the Earth.” Jencks was a labor leader who played herself in the film. It portrays a real-life strike that occurred at Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico and most of the roles in the film were played by the real life miners and union organizers. The film was directed by Herbert Biberman, who was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and it was not shown for many years after its completion.

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  Dave Meggyesy, tape 3

  Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Kartemquin Films, Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media, Sports

  A talk entitled “The Radical Transformation of Sport in America” by Dave Meggyesy. It took place at a Rising Up Angry outreach program called Friends of Angry held at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church at 2747 N. Wilton Ave in Chicago. Rising Up Angry was a youth revolutionary activist group in the 1960s and 1970s. Meggyesy was an American football player turned union organizer and author of Out Of Their League, an autobiographical look at football that was critical of the sport’s dehumanizing aspects and pro-capitalist values. This tape is from the end of the talk, where Meggyesy answers questions from the audience.

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  Dave Meggyesy, tape 1

  Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Kartemquin Films, Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media, Sports

  A talk entitled “The Radical Transformation of Sport in America” by Dave Meggyesy. It took place at a Rising Up Angry outreach program called Friends of Angry held at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church at 2747 N. Wilton Ave in Chicago. Rising Up Angry was a youth revolutionary activist group in the 1960s and 1970s. Meggyesy was an American football player turned union organizer and author of Out Of Their League, an autobiographical look at football that was critical of the sport’s dehumanizing aspects and pro-capitalist values. This tape features the beginning of Meggyesy’s talk, which focuses on his discussion of the dehumanizing value systems that are implicit and explicit within football.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, Stereotypes 3rd Cut]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  A rough cut of students talking about stereotypes about black and Jewish people. The students are part of a mural project done in conjunction with the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1992 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries,” about Black–Jewish relations.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, 6 minutes selects Bridgeport school]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  An rough edit of footage shot for a documentary about the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1992 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries.” In this tape, students from Bridgeport Elementary School look at the pieces by Claire Wolf Krantz and Kerry James Marshall.

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, ITVS Sample]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  An early rough cut of the documentary created concerning the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1992 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries.”

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  [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, ITVS Sample]

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  A rough cut of the first part of the documentary created by Kartemquin Films about the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1992 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries.”