In the shadow of the war in Vietnam and assassinations and rebellion at home, Sargent Shriver launched a string of social inventions that touched more lives than those of any leader since Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Shriver opened pathways to civic involvment — Peace Corps, Head Start, VISTA, and Legal Services — for a generation of youthful volunteers to change their country. Largely unknown today, the story of "Sarge" Shriver will inspire viewers with its moving illustration of the difference leaders can make when they see America as an act of the imagination and look to the young to shape it."
Shriver’s
biography | American Idealist: Sargent Shriver (An LA Times editorial) | The
Shriver Center A gripping story about how ordinary people can become forces for change. The documentary portrays a slice of community organizing history by revisiting Saul Alinsky’s pioneering organizing work with labor, civil rights, and religious leaders, and looking at how people use his methods today. — Paul Booth, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) “A powerful and revelatory documentary on one of the pioneers of grassroots organizing…It could never be more timely than today.” — Studs Terkel Best Documentary, 1999 Philadelphia International Film
Festival
Telling Our Story Produced by the Chicago Video Project. 2009. Ten years ago, more than 100,000 public housing residents in Chicago learned that their buildings would be torn down. Telling Our Story reveals the human story behind America’s most ambitious plan to transform public housing. This is the residents’ story: the hardships they experienced, the gains some enjoyed, the lessons they’ve learned, and their hopes for the future. Telling Our Story is a call to action for public housing residents and public housing authorities nationwide. It offers a timely reminder that good public policy cannot be developed without the voices of those most affected being included in its planning and implementation.
2002 Midwest Emmy Award winner The two-hour commute has become a familiar part of life for hundreds of thousands of Chicago’s workers because low-wage jobs are in one part of the metropolitan region and affordable housing is in the other This television documentary examines the region’s jobs/housing mismatch: how it came about, its economic impact, and the hardships faced by low-income workers caught in a growing housing crisis. “…a shining example…of taking a serious local issue that’s been underplayed by commercial media and giving it the attention it deserves.” — Chicago Sun-Times
 Access Denied: The Roots and Causes
of Racial Isolation ( Working
title ) Pre-production. This feature-length documentary will examine the history of race and housing in Chicago. Throughout the 1940’s, 50’s, and 60’s, discriminatory public policy and racially motivated violence shaped Chicago into one of the most segregated cities in the United States; while whites fled to the suburbs, Chicago’s blacks became increasingly confined to ghettoes in the inner city. The video will show how this history of segregation has led to many of the problems facing Chicago and other American cities today: poverty, poor schools, few job opportunities, and a lack of affordable housing. |
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Here is a list of selected resources that social change organizations may find helpful: Accessing the Media $24.95, ACTA Publications, 1-800-397-2282 Running Good Meetings $24.95, ACTA Publications, 1-800-397-2282 Recruiting New Members $24.95, ACTA Publications, 1-800-397-2282 |
