Jive / Come Together [Community Film Workshop of Chicago]
Identifier
F.2025-14-0015
Date Of Production
circa 1971
Abstract
Two short films made by the Community Film Workshop Council of Chicago, Jive and Come Together. Founded in 1971 by the American Film Institute and the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Community Film Workshop of Chicago (CFWC) offered 16mm film training for “minorities and the disadvantaged.”1
Description
In Jive, former high school classmates bump into each other at S Jeffery Blvd and E 71st Street in South Shore. They discuss how their lives have changed since high school: one is a working class construction worker for US Steel (David McKnight), the other (Jon Bowman) teaches at Horace Mann Public School and has political aspirations. The teacher now lives at 90th St and S Bennett Ave in Pill Hill, casually mentioning celebrity neighbors like Ernie Banks and Curtis Mayfield. The construction worker still lives on 43rd Street where they grew up. Includes shots of South Shore National Bank, The Way of the Cross Community Church, King James Lounge, a shop called Equinox selling water beds, Madam Queen Reader and Advisor, and the #5 CTA bus. Jive won a prize at the Chicago Film Festival, and was made by Oshun Mugwana and Richard “Ike” Isaac.
Come Together is a black-and-white film featuring a mixed race couple standing outside Supreme Jewelers, admiring the window display and holding hands. Eventually, a diverse group of strangers join them, holding hands and smiling. The film ends with a man offering his hand to the camera, followed by title cards reading “Come Together / An Invitation from Leonard Craft.” The soundtrack consists of the 1967 song “Get Together” by the Youngbloods.
Come Together is a black-and-white film featuring a mixed race couple standing outside Supreme Jewelers, admiring the window display and holding hands. Eventually, a diverse group of strangers join them, holding hands and smiling. The film ends with a man offering his hand to the camera, followed by title cards reading “Come Together / An Invitation from Leonard Craft.” The soundtrack consists of the 1967 song “Get Together” by the Youngbloods.
Format
16mm
Extent
400 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Inventory Number
Kirby 008
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Notes
This object contains two works spliced together.
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Print
Form
Subject
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Sponsor/client
Main Credits
Isaac, Richard "Ike" (is director)
Mugwana, Oshun (is filmmaker)
Additional Credits
Mugwana, Oshun (is writer)
Isaac, Richard "Ike" (is writer)
Mugwana, Oshun (camera)
Wallace, Onikwa Bill (sound)
Mugwana, Oshun (is editor)
Isaac, Richard "Ike" (is editor)
Participants And Performers
Bowman, Jon (is actor)
McKnight, David (is actor)
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