Arson in the Northwest Community Organization area
A documentary about an epidemic of arson in West Town, and the lack of responsiveness from officials.
A documentary about an epidemic of arson in West Town, and the lack of responsiveness from officials.
A discussion with young children living from Pilsen about gangs.
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.
Brief news segment about the various ways Chicago has been successfully battling crime rates. Profiles of CPD Target Response Units, police cameras, Cease Fire, and Project Safe Neighborhoods.
This video contains a piece entitled “Narco,” an Emmy Award winning TV special about the daily life of Narcotics Officers while on the job. Produced in 1980, the show was used as the pilot for the series “Cops.”
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Interview with Norval Morris (1923-2004), University of Chicago law professor and advocate for criminal justice. He describes the iniquities in the American criminal justice system.
Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a series about everyday life in Chicago. This tape features Rhonda Daniels, a cartoon artist who lives in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. Daniels talks about her art as a way to express and educate about life in the “urban jungle” and demonstrates her artwork while she talks about the challenges of life in the city, including racism, drugs, crime, and poverty.
Raw footage for the TV program Chicago Slices. In this video, journalist Ben Joravsky interviews Candace Howell at her building in Edgewater, a followup to his 1992 feature on Howell’s success reducing crime in her building.