New Murals I
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Footage features murals in Little Village, Pilsen, West Town, and Humboldt Park, which were newly created at the time by local artists. The footage was shot for an unfinished documentary about the visual language of murals in Chicago's Hispanic communities.
Credits
Susan Dobinsky (filmmaker); Ronn Bayly (co-producer); Susan Regele (co-producer); Julia Kurtz (co-producer)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Susan Dobinsky Collection
Notes: 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.; Other locations featured include: Restaurant Gaby at W. 25th Street and S. St. Louis Ave at 1:02; the Little Village Arch at 3100 W. 26th Street at 1:55; the exterior of the Benito Juarez High School (now the Benito Juarez Community Academy) located at 2150 S. Laflin St., in Pilsen at 2:20; La Nueva Puerto Rico Corner Store at 2559 W. Augusta Blvd at 7:27; the Carnicerias Jimenez grocery store at 10:50; Happy's Place food cart at 13:37; and the Center for Neighborhood Technology at 2125 W. North Ave at 15:09.
Subjects: Art; City and town life; Street art; Hispanic Americans
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Lower West Side; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Humboldt Park; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > West Town; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > South Lawndale
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 669 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34570
Notes: 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.; Other locations featured include: Restaurant Gaby at W. 25th Street and S. St. Louis Ave at 1:02; the Little Village Arch at 3100 W. 26th Street at 1:55; the exterior of the Benito Juarez High School (now the Benito Juarez Community Academy) located at 2150 S. Laflin St., in Pilsen at 2:20; La Nueva Puerto Rico Corner Store at 2559 W. Augusta Blvd at 7:27; the Carnicerias Jimenez grocery store at 10:50; Happy's Place food cart at 13:37; and the Center for Neighborhood Technology at 2125 W. North Ave at 15:09.
Subjects: Art; City and town life; Street art; Hispanic Americans
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Lower West Side; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > Humboldt Park; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > West Town; North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago > South Lawndale
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 669 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34570
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24