Our Bamboo Gingerbread House
Identifier
F.2005-08-0277
Date Of Production
circa 1981 – 1985
Abstract
A documentary shot and edited by Bill Stamets and Janice Finney about Adjusting Through Acting, “an innovative workshop for Southeast Asian youths in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, designed to instill greater self-confidence adjusting to their new country.” Stamets has described Our Bamboo Gingerbread House as a film, “about Cambodian kids [whom Finney] helped to stage a quasi-therapeutic performance about surviving political trauma before arriving in Chicago.”
Description
As described in Stamets' voiceover, the workshop introduced Cambodian and Laotian kids ages 10-17 to theater games and acting techniques created by Janice Finney, a Chicago playwright and director. Adjusting Through Acting was sponsored by Travelers and Immigrants Aid and was supported by a neighborhood arts project grant through the Chicago Office of Fine Arts, and a Chairman's grant from the Illinois Arts Council. The Adjusting Through Acting workshop met twice a week from October 1984 to February 1985 in facilities donated by Truman College.
Format
Super 8
Extent
500 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Inventory Number
Stamets 290
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Genre
Form
Subject
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Finney, Janice (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Stamets, Bill (is narrator)
Finney, Janice (is depicted in)
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