The heart broken in half - ECU Libraries Catalog

The heart broken in half / produced and directed by Taggart Siegel and Dwight Conquergood ; written and narrated by Dwight Conquergood ; Siegel Productions.

Format	Video (DVD)
Publication Info	New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [2005]
Description	1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)	DVD-Video discs. Gangs--Illinois --Chicago. Youth--Illinois --Chicago --Social conditions. Juvenile delinquents--Illinois --Chicago. Graffiti--Illinois --Chicago. Albany Park (Chicago, Ill.)--Social conditions.

Other author/creator	Siegel, Taggart.
Other author/creator	Conquergood, Lorne Dwight, 1949-2004.
Other author/creator	Siegel Productions.
Other author/creator	Filmakers Library, inc.
Variant title	Subtitle from container: Chicago's street gangs
Series	Award winning films and videos Award winning films and videos. ^A703531
Abstract	An in-depth look at the street gangs of the Albany Park neighborhood in Chicago and the socio-economic conditions that give rise to them. Includes comments by neighborhood residents, interviews with several young gang members, scenes from the funeral and burial of a gang member who was killed in the street, and an extensive analysis of the intricate network of symbols, logos and icons (expressed in graffiti) that serve the gangs as a complex visual code for displaying identity and challenging rivals.
General note	"Based on the ethnographic fieldwork of Dwight Conquergood" -- Opening credits.
General note	Originally produced as a documentary film in 1990.
Technical details	DVD.
Language	In English.
Awards note	Certificate of Merit, Chicago International Film Festival, 1990. Award North Carolina International Film & Video Festival, 1991, Award Artswatch, 1990. Council on Foundations, 1991.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	Compact DVDs	HV6439.U5 H4 2005 DVD	✔ Available	Place Hold