The History of Circle Campus

Short film by an unknown student filmmaker at the University of Illinois. The film uses optical printing and experimental film techniques to manipulate archival imagery and audio. The film appears to critique the ways in which the controversial 1963-'65 construction of the University of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus came at the expense and displacement of residents of the Near West Side.; Read more about the history of the UICC campus here and here.

Credits

Richard J. Daley (depicted in)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Rod Nordberg Collection
Subjects: Universities and colleges; Urban renewal; Chicago (Ill.); City planning; Construction
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Near West Side
Language: English
Cfa elements: Answer Print, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/22637

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video