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Grassroots Chicago

Year1991

Runtime30 Minutes

A documentary about neighborhood people creating change.

A documentary about neighborhood people creating change. Produced for the MacArthur Foundation by Kartemquin Films, this piece features six vignettes on community organizing in different Chicago neighborhoods: LeClaire Courts, Marquette Park, Roseland, Pilsen, Uptown, Rogers Park, and Garfield Park.

Filmmakers

Camera

Gordon Quinn

Music

Tom Sivak

Editors

Steve James
Suzanne Suffredin

Media

Trailer

Awards and Distinctions

Chicago International Film Festival

Certificate of Merit

1993

American Film and Video Association Festival

Honorable Mention

New York Festival of Festivals

Bronze Medal