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  5117 N Kenmore

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Politics, Roots of Video

  The tenants at 5117 N. Kenmore describe the appalling living conditions of their apartments. A new edit of footage shot in Chicago in 1979.

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  Larger Apartments

  Chicago Politics, CLIR, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video

  A brief documentary about the movement for affordable housing in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood and nearby. A new edit of footage shot in Chicago in the 1970s.

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  [We Are Many, We Are O.N.E. 2]

  Chicago, CLIR, Communications for Change, Roots of Video

  A meeting of residents and tenants rights organization in Uptown and surrounding neighborhoods with representatives of the Chicago Housing Authority that erupts into chaos.

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  Continued to Death – [Mayor Bilandic at senior center]

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  A short documentary about Organization of the Northeast (O.N.E.), a community group fighting Chicago’s housing court to keep affordable housing in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, which was facing rapid gentrification. The piece is followed by raw footage of Mayor Michael Bilandic addressing a group of senior citizens about the energy concerns of the city of Chicago.