[Latino Youth Alternative School]
A profile of the Latino Youth alternative high school, located in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.
A profile of the Latino Youth alternative high school, located in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.
00:16 Exterior of a school where the flag is being taken down. The marching band practices. Loud audio distortion. 01:12 Inside the school where students walk through the halls. A near-empty classroom. Cars in the parking lot outside. 03:05 Students pretending to fight in the parking lot. 03:46 Shooting out a car window. 05:55 A high school volleyball game. 11:20 Significant image distortion. Game continues. 23:10 Image clears up. Game continues.
History teacher Joan Davis leads a discussion with her class at York High School in Elmhurst, IL on Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.” They discuss their reactions to the book, his purpose behind writing it, and how it has affected their perpsective on American history.
Black and white film made by Tom Palazzolo, 2001. Rita, a young high school student recounts and reflects on her life in a monologue played over footage of her wandering through various beautiful and often strange Chicago locations. The filmmaker’s daughter Amy plays the young woman, with a voice-over by Deborah King.
Raw footage for Chicago Slices. Roosevelt High School with coach Manny Weincord. Ben Joravsky interviews.
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. Senator Paul Tsongas, running in the Democratic presidential primary, visits Harper High School, a predominately African-American school on the South Side of Chicago.
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. Sen. Paul Tsongas visits Harper High School, a predominately African-American school on the South Side of Chicago. This footage was shot by a student from Harper High as part of the official school coverage, and then dubbed by Skip Blumberg, who also taped the event.