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Public housing / director, producer, editor, Frederick Wiseman ; Housing Film, Inc.

LIBRA DVD 002 323 discs 1-2
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Wiseman, Frederick, director, producer, editor.
Housing Film (Firm), producer.
Zipporah Films, producer, distributor.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public housing--Illinois--Chicago.
Public housing.
Poor--Illinois--Chicago.
Poor.
Illinois--Chicago.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (195 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, [between 2000 and 2009?]
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Shows the daily life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago. Looks at the families, the elderly, after school programs, tenants council, the police, training programs, drugs, and various government agencies as they intersect with residents. A film montage without narration, interviews or reflections by the filmmaker.
Credits:
Photographer, John Davey ; produced by Housing Film.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
ISBN:
9781885918802
1885918801
OCLC:
191968465

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