Kenilworth Union’s Racial Justice Committee
An episode of Shame Of Chicago will be shown Thursday, November 2, 7 p.m. at The Joseph Sears School in Kenilworth.
Shame of Chicago is a five-part documentary revealing the true stories behind how Chicago and its suburbs devised the most sweeping system of racially segregated communities; and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families creating the vast wealth gap that persists to this day. Episode 3, “The Color Tax: Origins of the Modern Day Wealth Gap” will be shown.
After the screening, there will be a panel discussion with film-maker Bruce Orenstein. Register below
Bruce Orenstein, Director, Editor, Producer
Bruce Orenstein is the lead producer and director of Shame of Chicago, a person you will want to meet. He is credited with producing many documentaries including the award-winning No Place to Live. Orenstein is a native Chicagoan and former community organizer who worked in Seattle and Chicago around race and housing-related issues throughout the 1970’s and 80’s and founded the Chicago Video Project—a non-profit organization.
Bruce Orenstein is Artist in Residence at Duke University where he directs the Telling Our Stories Student Working Group at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and teaches documentary production at the Arts of the Moving Image Program.
Register for Shame of Chicago Documentary and Discussion
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