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Ghetto Life 101/Remorse

The DVD contains two award-winning radio documentaries about the Ida B. Wells Housing projects. The first documentary, “Ghetto Life 101,” is an audio diary recorded in 1993 by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, who were thirteen and fourteen at the time, and illustrates life on the South Side of Chicago...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
Subjects:
[Capitalism/Anti-capitalist movements/anti-globalization movements, Feminist movements/Women's movements, Environmentalist and anti-nuclear movements, Human rights organizations, Sexualities/LGBT movements, Nationalisms/Autonomist and Separatist movements, Censorship, Military Conflicts and Activities]
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:a7c1c5cb-fa91-47c0-8845-f7df69acbe33
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Summary:The DVD contains two award-winning radio documentaries about the Ida B. Wells Housing projects. The first documentary, “Ghetto Life 101,” is an audio diary recorded in 1993 by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, who were thirteen and fourteen at the time, and illustrates life on the South Side of Chicago in 1993. The broadcast features interviews with the boys' families, friends, and members of the community. The boys second radio documentary, “Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse,” was recorded in 1995 and explores the backgrounds of people involved with Eric Morse, a five-year-old boy who was tragically thrown from a fourteenth-story window in the Chicago projects by two older boys. Both broadcasts are preceded by a short introduction.

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