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America to me. Episode one, What's the big deal about Oat Park? / a Kartemquin Films production ; directed by Steve James.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oak Park and River Forest Township High School.
- Education--Illinois--Oak Park.
- Education.
- Teenagers--Education--Illinois--Oak Park.
- Teenagers.
- Educational equalization--Illinois--Oak Park.
- Educational equalization.
- Discrimination in education--Illinois--Oak Park.
- Discrimination in education.
- Education--Economic aspects--Illinois--Oak Park.
- Oak Park (Ill.)--Race relations.
- Oak Park (Ill.).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (59 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Context matters : the permanence of racism
- Place of Publication:
- Sausalito, CA : Ro*Co Films, 2018.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- America to Me focuses on a year at Chicago's Oak Park and River Forest High School (OPRFHS), widely considered to be a safe, well-integrated, academically strong school. In Episode 1, we meet some of its students of color and their families, who have sacrificed to live in this popular district. Their stories begin to reveal the racial cracks and realities of the permanence of racism.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 03, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 1158196589
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