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New Murals I

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Film Identifier: F.2021-10-0060
Run Time
0h 18m 44s
Format
16mm
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Date Produced
1989
Abstract
Footage features murals in Little Village and Pilsen, which were newly created at the time by local artists. One mural depicts Ramón Emeterio Betances, who was a Puerto Rican independence advocate and medical doctor. There are a few murals that were commissioned with support from the Chicano Mural Group Chicago, and the Chicago Public Art Group. An elaborate mosaic mural created in 1980 is signed by artists Lynn Takata, Jose Guerrero, and John Pitman Weber.

One short scene captures the exterior of the Benito Juarez High School (now the Benito Juarez Community Academy) located at 2150 S. Laflin St., in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. 
 
Main Credit
Dobinsky, Susan (is filmmaker)
Bayly, Ronn (is co-producer)
Regele, Susan (is co-producer)
Kurtz, Julia (is co-producer)
Related Place
Chicago (depicts)