Punch 9 for Harold Washington: Pre and Post Screening Q&A at Doc Films (2-6-2024)
Witness a riveting Q&A Session at the University of Chicago that followed the screening of a new documentary on Mayor Harold Washington.
Witness a riveting Q&A Session at the University of Chicago that followed the screening of a new documentary on Mayor Harold Washington.
Americans vote on which picture of Elvis Presley’s likeness should be used on a US Postage Stamp!
A “Black and White” short produced by the Marshall Fields Company that connects Jupiter and Juno of the Ancient Roman Pantheon with everyday Americans in 1940’s America!
See what the nightlife scene in downtown Chicago was like in 1948 – in spectacular technicolor!
Why and how did an integrated college in a segregated city start in downtown Chicago just as World War II was ending? In 1984 an independent documentary filmmaker, Jeff Spitz, found old pictures and film footage about Roosevelt University including a magazine article that referred to the school as “The Roosevelt Experiment.”
Tapping the memories of former students who crossed the color line, particularly Blacks and Jews, the film blends archival images and interviews into an exploration of race, racial quotas and democratic ideals. Former students recall being questioned during an anti-communist investigation that targeted their school.
Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, a former student council president, shares poignant memories of getting into political
arguments in the cafeteria. He called it an “insane but interesting place.”
Shortly after the film’s release Spitz returned to City Hall to interview Mayor Washington about fairness, diversity and clashing visions of government. Mayor Washington’s additional commentary appears at the end of the video.
A biographical documentary on Karyn Kupcinet, a rising Hollywood star in the early 60s, as well as her untimely death, ruled a homicide by police.
Some of the newspaper columns written by Mike Royko are reenacted, parodied, and read live on stage!
Watch the pilot episode for the wild and whimsical Chicago talk show entitled, “The Cheap Show”!