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Somehow, we’re closing in on
one full year of pandemic quarantine. And while rules, regulations and public adherence have vacillated wildly from region-to-region (picture here the CDC Outbreak Van as one of the buggies from
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride), it’s probably safe to assume that whoever and wherever you are, you’ve probably experienced some degree of personal introspection these past 12 months as a function of extended social isolation. Who am I? What am I doing? The answers can be surprising prompting big internal and external changes.
In this month’s Fiscal Spotlight, we’re taking a look at three documentaries featuring themes of determination and courageously asserting one’s place in the world personally, professionally or both despite heavy opposition from outside forces. The stories of the trans youth revolution, an immigrant architect and a legal battle over firefighter unions might not
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Beyond the silver screen: a look at the vibrant history of Harlem’s Black film scene
Beyond the silver screen: a look at the vibrant history of Harlem’s Black film scene Isai Soto / Staff Illustrator While Harlem’s film history began in black and white, the stories that come out of the neighborhood are as colorful and eclectic as their ever changing community.
It only takes a stroll through the neighborhood to understand film’s place in Harlem’s history. The Jets of 1961′s “West Side Story” patrolled 110th Street, Denzel Washington’s titular character hung out at the now-defunct Lenox Lounge in 1992′s “Malcolm X,” and the quirky Tenenbaum family resided at a house on the corner of 144th Street and Covenant Avenue in “The Royal Tenenbaums.” A walk around the 125th Street area holds both the grand past of Harlem film and present-day big-name cinema with the remains of the Loew’s Victoria Theater and the current AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9.
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Producer: Caley Shannon
Cinematographer: Brendan Deane
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A suburban firefighter’s labor union finds itself under a different kind of fire when the Village Mayor announces he’s privatizing their department to save money. What results is a five year long legal battle with the potential to change labor law for the entire country.
Synopsis
North Riverside, Illinois is a village just west of Chicago with a thriving mall that has provided outsized revenue to its population of less than 7,000 residents since its opening in 1974. This picture of suburban affluence was shattered in 2008, with the housing crash, the resulting economic recession, and the concurrent rise of e-commerce decimated brick and mortar store profits, and thus the village’s sales tax revenue. The