16mm Documentary Series Vol V

16mm documentary films from the Basement Films archive, selected this month by James Lawrence and Zara Carlton.  Films followed by a brief panel discussion.  Free black coffee and refreshments served. 

KALI NIHTA, SOCRATES (GOODNIGHT, SOCRATES)

By Stewart Hagmann & Maria Moraltes, 1963

A fictionalized account of a young boy and his family learning that their block on Socrates Street in Greektown, Chicago will be demolished to make way for expressway construction. The film features slice-of-life footage of now-vanished neighborhood homes, residents, and businesses with voiceover lamenting the imminent loss of history and community.

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BLIND GARY DAVIS