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Preserving South Side History: The South Side Home Movie Project
A New Initiative to Uncover & Share the Rich Heritage of Chicago’s South Side
On a brisk Friday evening, the South Side Home Movie Project excitedly announced a new effort to dive into the region’s vibrant history through the lens of everyday life captured on film. This innovative initiative, based at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts, aims to preserve and showcase old home movies that depict the cultural fabric of the South Side, tracing back nearly a century.