Documentary Screening: 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green (2015)
Explore our Summer Learning Challenge theme, Chapters of Chicago, with a screening of 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green (2015) . Refreshments and coloring for adults provided.
Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods.
Shot over the course of 20-years, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later.
70 Acres in Chicago tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city.
© Ronitfilms | 58 minutes | Not Rated
Accessibility
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.
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Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods.
Shot over the course of 20-years, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later.
70 Acres in Chicago tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city.
© Ronitfilms | 58 minutes | Not Rated
Accessibility
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.
Community Cinema is at a branch near you! Check out hundreds of other screenings at libraries across Chicago.
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