[Cabrini Green interviews]
Interviews and footage filmed at and around Cabrini Green by students at Cabrini Green Community High School.
Interviews and footage filmed at and around Cabrini Green by students at Cabrini Green Community High School.
A short documentary made by high school students about living in Cabrini Green in Chicago, consisting of interviews with young residents of the complex.
Footage filmed for the short documentary Cabrini Dreams, in which residents of Cabrini Green speak about their lives.
Along the length of Chicago’s Halsted Street one can view a dozen nationalities and a thousand lifestyles. This riveting, kaleidoscopic “road movie” traces this unique thoroughfare nearly 400 miles, from its origin in the cornfields of southern Illinois up to Chicago’s far south side, then through several neighborhoods to its terminus in the heart of Lakeview. Narrated by Studs Terkel, Halsted Street, U.S.A. is a thought-provoking crash-course in American cultural geography.
The news media chronicles the political rise, reign, and fall of Mayor “Lady Jane” Byrne.
Off air version of WMAQ-TV special connecting Chicago’s street gangs to organized crime, followed by panel discussion.
WMAQ-TV special reported by Carol Marin that connects Chicago’s street gangs to organized crime.
In a 1994 interview with Kartemquin Films, artist Edith Altman talks about a piece she is working on for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.” Altman also sheds light on the inspirations for her artwork, her trip to Eastern Europe and Auschwitz, and the difficulty of Holocaust education.