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Chicagoans from all walks of life talk about relations between white and black communities. And always the core question is: Who are the people suffering from racism, and who are the ones reaping benefits from it?
Pavilion Shorts: City Stories
Description
This month, we present a special edition of Pavilion Shorts as part of City Stories: From Chicago With Love, with a focus on the work of Kartemquin Films. The selection brings together some of Kartemquin’s earliest films, in which they, as a film collective at the time, captured the people behind the communities that make up a city. Now the city is no longer a collection of strange faces and stories, but rather becomes a living entity where every personal encounter is a reflection of the power of shared experiences that connect us.
Like four ‘snapshots’ of 1960s and 1970s Chicago, these films shine a light on the everyday reailities of ‘being a city’. All films are English spoken without subtitles.
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Hum 255
In 1968, striking students at the University of Chicago occupied an administration building. Many of them were expelled. A year later two of them talk with younger students about activism and the burning issues of their day.
Now We Live on Clifton
It’s the early 1970s, and there’s a strong sense of community in this old neighborhood of Washington DC where we see kids playing out on the streets. Then gentrification comes knocking. Two local children talk about how their neighborhood is changing.
Viva la Causa
Ray Patlán was a pioneer of the rich tradition of Mexican murals that changed the face of Pilsen, a neighborhood in Chicago. We see him working with a group of young people on an activist mural titled Viva la Causa.
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