Toe Jam
Cover songs played by a rock band.
Footage filmed on a beach, followed by an interview with architecture Sherrie Stephens Cutler, filmed for the series “Career Counciling for Women in the Arts.”
In July, the world lost a hero when Renault Robinson passed away. A leader who fought against discrimination within the Chicago Police Department, his lasting impact is still felt in the city. Born on the south side neighborhood of Woodlawn in 1942, Robinson joined the Chicago Police Department in 1964. In 1968, Robinson co-founded the Afro-American Patrolmen’s League (now known as African American Police League). The organization was founded to encourage more Black people to become police officers and to […]
00:00 Beyondmedia opening sequence 00:16 Hope Barrett expresses that Howard Brown is a place for folks who are marginalized to receive respectful and appropriate health care. Michael Cook discusses the founding of Howard Brown Health Center. 00:58 John D’Emilio talks about the healthcare movement in the seventies as a second wave of gay liberation following the Stonewall riots. Paul Fairchild talks about Howard Brown Health Center’s history, which goes back to providing STDs, counseling, and cures for gay men who […]
Beyondmedia Education, a nonprofit organization, was founded by filmmaker Salome Chasnoff in 2000. The organization was active from 2000 to 2013. During these years, Beyondmedia dedicated its time to documenting Chicago community organizing and facilitating women and youth media literacy, production, and activism workshops. Beyondmedia’s mission was to collaborate with women, youth, and other under-served and under-represented communities to help them tell their stories and to organize for social justice through the creation and distribution of media arts. Beyondmedia Education […]