[El Rukn Raids]
News report about police raids on the El Rukn gang.
Documentary about Jeff Fort, leader of the Blackstone Rangers and El Rukn gangs in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.
WMAQ-TV special reported by Carol Marin that connects Chicago’s street gangs to organized crime.
A class of 8th grade students take a tour of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition “Bridges and Boundaries.” In this tape, the class discusses works by Claire Wolf Krantz and Kerry James Marshall.
A Kartemquin Films crew spends the day at the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” as part of their documentary of similar name. The crew follows a class of schoolchildren through the exhibit, interviews a pair of patrons, and heads upstairs to film part of a symposium.
Rebecca, a docent from the Spertus Museum of Judaica, guides a group of young schoolchildren through their 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.” Also present is a Kartemquin Films crew, who captures the children’s conversations about gangs, morality, and Judaism.
Kathy Lieb of the Spertus Museum of Judaica guides a class from Farragut High School and a Kartemquin Films crew through the Spertus’ 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.” This particular tape focuses on the work of artists Kerry James Marshall and Gerda Meyer-Bernstein.
A Kartemquin Films crew attending the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 opening of “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” interviews artists and patrons alike, focusing in this tape on the work of Othello Anderson, Gerda Meyer-Bernstein, and Kerry James Marshall.