Jive / Come Together [Community Film Workshop of Chicago]
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Two short films made by the Community Film Workshop Council of Chicago, Jive and Come Together. Founded in 1971 by the American Film Institute and the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Community Film Workshop of Chicago (CFWC) offered 16mm film training for “minorities and the disadvantaged.”1
Credits
Richard "Ike" Isaac (director); Oshun Mugwana (filmmaker); Oshun Mugwana (writer); Richard "Ike" Isaac (writer); Oshun Mugwana (camera); Onikwa Bill Wallace (sound); Oshun Mugwana (editor); Richard "Ike" Isaac (editor); Jon Bowman (actor); David McKnight (actor)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1971
Cfa collection: George Kirby Collection
Notes: In Jive, former high school classmates bump into each other at S Jeffery Blvd and E 71st Street in South Shore. They discuss how their lives have changed since high school: one is a working class construction worker for US Steel (David McKnight), the other (Jon Bowman) teaches at Horace Mann Public School and has political aspirations. The teacher now lives at 90th St and S Bennett Ave in Pill Hill, casually mentioning celebrity neighbors like Ernie Banks and Curtis Mayfield. The construction worker still lives on 43rd Street where they grew up. Includes shots of South Shore National Bank, The Way of the Cross Community Church, King James Lounge, a shop called Equinox selling water beds, Madam Queen Reader and Advisor, and the #5 CTA bus. Jive won a prize at the Chicago Film Festival, and was made by Oshun Mugwana and Richard “Ike” Isaac.; Come Together is a black-and-white film featuring a mixed race couple standing outside Supreme Jewelers, admiring the window display and holding hands. Eventually, a diverse group of strangers join them, holding hands and smiling. The film ends with a man offering his hand to the camera, followed by title cards reading “Come Together / An Invitation from Leonard Craft.” The soundtrack consists of the 1967 song “Get Together” by the Youngbloods.
Sponsor: Community Film Workshop Council of Chicago
Subjects: African Americans; City and town life; City churches; Local transit; Economic and social conditions
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > South Shore; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Douglas > Bronzeville; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Calumet Heights
Language: English
Film notes: This object contains two works spliced together.
Cfa elements: Print, 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/43597
Cfa collection: George Kirby Collection
Notes: In Jive, former high school classmates bump into each other at S Jeffery Blvd and E 71st Street in South Shore. They discuss how their lives have changed since high school: one is a working class construction worker for US Steel (David McKnight), the other (Jon Bowman) teaches at Horace Mann Public School and has political aspirations. The teacher now lives at 90th St and S Bennett Ave in Pill Hill, casually mentioning celebrity neighbors like Ernie Banks and Curtis Mayfield. The construction worker still lives on 43rd Street where they grew up. Includes shots of South Shore National Bank, The Way of the Cross Community Church, King James Lounge, a shop called Equinox selling water beds, Madam Queen Reader and Advisor, and the #5 CTA bus. Jive won a prize at the Chicago Film Festival, and was made by Oshun Mugwana and Richard “Ike” Isaac.; Come Together is a black-and-white film featuring a mixed race couple standing outside Supreme Jewelers, admiring the window display and holding hands. Eventually, a diverse group of strangers join them, holding hands and smiling. The film ends with a man offering his hand to the camera, followed by title cards reading “Come Together / An Invitation from Leonard Craft.” The soundtrack consists of the 1967 song “Get Together” by the Youngbloods.
Sponsor: Community Film Workshop Council of Chicago
Subjects: African Americans; City and town life; City churches; Local transit; Economic and social conditions
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > South Shore; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Douglas > Bronzeville; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Calumet Heights
Language: English
Film notes: This object contains two works spliced together.
Cfa elements: Print, 400 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/43597
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:26