![[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 48; Spertus Museum & R.J. Daley]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652487722_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
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. 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 82]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652413713_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
Kartemquin Films interviews Morrie Fred, Director of the Spertus Museum of Judaica, about their 1992 exhibition Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries. The interview takes place after the exhibition has been finished and on display in the museum, and Fred discusses the risks involved in doing a gallery exhibition about potentially controversial issues. Continue reading →
![[Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries, reel 42]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/652423383_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
At the opening of the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition, “Bridges and Boundaries: Chicago Crossings,” artist Kerry James Marshall talks about his piece for the show. 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 36; Kerry Marshall]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653941260_640-228x160.jpg)
Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films
Artist Kerry James Marshall talks with a Kartemquin Films crew about Baruch Goldstein and growing up in South Central Los Angeles during the emergence of the Crips and other violent gangs. Continue reading →