![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 49; Spertus Museum]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652481244_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
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. Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 46; Student Tour – Farragut]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653941268_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
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. Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries 7/25 Sample]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/679679249_640-2-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
A documentary produced by Kartemquin Films made to accompany the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition in which six African-American artists and six Jewish-American artists collaborated on a group show. Features interviews with many of the artists, footage from the exhibition including interviews with patrons, as well as interviews with Morry Fred (Director of the Spertus Museum) and Raymon Price (Director of the DuSable Museum of African-American History). Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 41]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652524091_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
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. Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 40]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652512256_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
A Kartemquin Films crew attends the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” on May 19th, 1994. The tape includes footage of the pieces, conversations between artists and patrons, and an interview with Dr. Lester Skaggs of the Manhattan Project. Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 36C; Installation Footage]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652482845_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
A Kartemquin Films crew spends the day at the Spertus Museum of Judaica prior to their “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings” exhibition, focusing on the work of Gerda Meyer-Bernstein, Hamza Walker, Esther Parada, and Marva Jolly. Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 36B; Installation Footage & Gerda]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/chicago-crossings-bridges-boundaries-reel-36b-installation-footage-gerda-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
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Artist Gerda Meyer-Bernstein begins installing her piece “The Phoenix” at the Spertus Museum of Judaica for their 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings.” Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 15]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652442966_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
In the final part of a roundtable discussion in preparation for the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibit, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” a few of the artists discuss their plans for the show before the meeting is adjourned and the artists talk amongst themselves about race relations, among other things. Continue reading →