Trick bag / Kartemquin Films with Rising Up Angry and Columbia College (1975, 21 min.) -- What the fuck are these red squares? / editing and sound, Jerry Blumenthal ; camera, Gordon Quinn ; discussion leader, Shirlee Blumenthal (1970, 15 min.) -- Hum 255 (1969, 28 min.)
Summary:
Three short documentaries explore social conditions and race relations in Chicago. Trick bag interviews gang members, Vietnam veterans, and factory workers. What the fuck are these red squares? documents a teach-in at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the Vietnam War. Hum 255 begins in 1968 with the striking students at the University of Chicago and follows with the return of two expelled students one year later who confront currently enrolled students about social and moral values and responsibilities.
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