The heart broken in half [videorecording] : a documentary / Siegel Productions ; produced and directed by Taggart Siegel and Dwight Conquergood ; written and narrated by Dwight Conquergood.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Filmakers LibraryInc.,
Copyright Date:
199-
Description:
1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Based on the ethnographic fieldwork of Dwight Conquergood. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990.
Summary:
An in-depth look at the street gangs of the Albany Park neighborhood in Chicago and the socio-economic conditions that give rise to them. Includes comments by neighborhood residents, interviews with several young gang members, scenes from the funeral and burial of a gang member who was killed in the street, and an extensive analysis of the intricate network of symbols, logos and icons, expressed in graffiti, that serve the gangs as a complex visual code for displaying identity and challenging rivals.
Series:
Award winning films and videos.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)38194425
Locations:
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.