Grassroots Chicago Video Project records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Grassroots Chicago Video Project records
- Identifier
- BMRC.KART.GRASSROOTS
- Repository
- Kartemquin Films
- Language
- English
- Size
- 27.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1990-1996
- Creator
- Kartemquin Films
Acknowledgements and Access
This collection was part of the BMRC Survey Initiative, 2009-2011. For current information about the collection and its status, please contact Kartemquin Films at info@kartemquin.com
Historical note
Grassroots Chicago is a 30-minute 1991 video directed by Steve James and produced by Kartemquin Films. It is a documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation, this piece features six vignettes on community organizing in six different Chicago neighborhoods.
Scope and Contents note
The Grassroots Chicago Video Project Records include videotape masters, audio interviews, interview transcripts, research audiocassettes and videotapes not produced by Kartemquin, research files pertaining to the MacArthur Foundation, soundtrack elements, and production files pertaining to Grassroots Journal and Community Works television programs.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2011 March 24 by Andrew Steadham.