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Chicago Public Library Collection
Corner, The
A documentary presentation from the point of view of the Vice Lords, a group of boys on Chicago's West Side, a description of their world as they k...
Margaret Conneely Collection
Film About Filmmaking
An International Film Bureau production about a small film crew creating their film from the original idea to editing. Also shows the finished resu...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Election, 1983
Footage depicting Harold Washington on the campaign trail in 1983, ahead of the runup to the mayoral election. The film shows him being welcomed by...
Bill Stamets Collection
Mayoral Election, 1987
The footage features different segments offering a look into Chicago's 1987 mayoral election, featuring Harold Washington on the campaign trail, an...
Bill Stamets Collection
Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power Part I
The film depicts the competitive series of events leading up to the Chicago Mayoral Election of 1983 as well the public's response to the historica...
Bill Stamets Collection
Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power Part II
Third of four reels that were compiled in the video "Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power." Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Ma...
Bill Stamets Collection
Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power Part III
Fouth and final reel of the film Chicago Politics: A Theater of Power. Observational documentary following the 1987 Chicago Mayoral election, with ...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Illinois Bell “Black Youth”
Sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for Illinois Bell Telephone Company. Community activist and journalist Lu Palmer wrote and narrated the...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Illinois Bell “Black Youth”
Sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for Illinois Bell Telephone Company. Community activist and journalist Lu Palmer wrote and narrated the...
Mort and Millie Goldsholl Collection
Illinois Bell “Black Youth”
Sponsored film made by Goldsholl Associates for Illinois Bell Telephone Company. Community activist and journalist Lu Palmer wrote and narrated the...
DeWitt Beall Collection
Making It
A documentary that looks at the obstacles African-American males face when building a career. As the narrator states, "this film is about his chanc...
DeWitt Beall Collection
Lord Thing (Version 2 With Subtitles)
A film that begins in the ghetto streets of the mid-Fifties— a virtual combat zone for dozens of small neighborhood gangs from different parts of t...
DeWitt Beall Collection
Lord Thing [2014 Restoration]
Produced at the height of the black power movement in the early ‘70s, LORD THING is an insider history into the genesis and transformation of...
Robert Ford Collection
Corner, The
A documentary presentation from the point of view of the Vice Lords, a group of boys on Chicago's West Side, a description of their world as they k...
Robert Ford Collection
Corner, The
A documentary presentation from the point of view of the Vice Lords, a group of boys on Chicago's West Side, a description of their world as they k...
Don McIlvaine Collection
1962: Chicago - Going to Airport
This home movie opens with shots of swimmers wading in the shores of Lake Michigan. It then transitions to a scenic drive through Chicago neighorho...
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Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
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