Filmmaking on the South Side Resource List

As part of CHF's Neighborhood Initiative program Filmmaking On The South Side, we discussed the development of community-based film resources and infrastructure on the South Side, as well as how Chicago’s film scene is evolving to particularly support local women and nonbinary Black and brown artists.

Learn more about filmmaking resources on the South Side and check out the short films screened during the program!

Organizations to follow and support:

Community Film Workshop of Chicago

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Sisters in Cinema

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South Side Film Festival

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South Side Home Movie Project

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About the Films:

Change the Name

Change the Name chronicles the grassroots campaign to rename Douglas Park—named after Stephen A. Douglas, an enslaver—to Douglass Park, after abolitionist Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna.

Image caption: Four people standing in a line outside: two are holding a megaphone. Behind them are leafy trees.

"if just for a moment, eutopia"

"If just for a moment, eutopia" is an episode of the South Side Home Movie Project, which compiles various home movies made by residents of Chicago’s South Side. The series presents a montage of home movies showcasing Black joy and community amidst the racial turmoil of the 1960s.

Image caption: two people smiling and hugging.

Save Our Schools

Save Our School is an examines the closing of Harper High School in Englewood and its effect on the student body.

Image caption: Movie poster for Save Our School.

[Image description: Collage including still images from the films, a movie poster, and photography from CHF's event Filmmaking on the South Side.]