Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries

Date: 1994 Running time: 23 minutes Filmmakers: Chela Blitt, Jerry Blumenthal, Fenell Doremus, Jim Fetterley, Annette Gryniewicz, Jim Morrissette, Bob Musker, Mirko Popadic, Francine Pope, Eric Salus, Edward Scott, Rana Segal, Gordon Quinn, and Jim White. Produced by Kartemquin Films

Shot in conjunction with the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership’s art exhibition of the same name, “Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries” captures the artists as they think about and create artwork based on the exhibition’s theme—the relationship between blacks and Jews in contemporary America.

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We have digitally preserved Kartemquin’s collection of archival videotapes concerning the Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries gallery exhibition and related projects.

In 1994, the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership brought together six black artists and six Jewish artists to create new work for an ambitious art exhibition. Continue reading →

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ARTISTS	EVENTS	TOPICS
Edith Altman Othello Anderson Joel Feldman Marva Jolly Kerry James Marshall Gerda Meyer-Bernstein Esther Parada John Rozelle Hamza Walker (Sonny Venice) Fan Warren John Pitman Weber Claire Wolf Krantz	Roundtable meeting on exhibition plans Opening reception for the exhibition The symposium School tours of the exhibition Patrons’ reactions to the exhibition The student mural project Passersby react to the student mural Exhibition post-mortems with Morrie Fred and Ray Price B-roll of artwork	The creative process 1960s Civil Rights Movement and Jewish involvement Holocaust Slavery Ku Klux Klan Louis Farrakhan and anti-Semitism Chicago gang history Stereotypes