70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

"For 70 years, there stood a Chicago public housing community known as Cabrini Green.Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. A looming reminder of inequality and poverty, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods.Shot over the course of 20-years, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this upheaval, from the razing of the first buildings in 1995, to the clashes in the mixed-income neighborhoods a decade later.70 Acres in Chicago tells the volatile story of this hotly contested patch of land, while looking unflinchingly at race, class, and who has the right to live in the city."

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St. Luke’s and the LSEA are invited to attend a screening of the film on Saturday, May 21st at 2pm at the Chicago Cultural Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater. We will attend as a community as part of our on-going engagement with the issue of public housing. Please check out our Facebook Event.70 Acres Screening_Flyer (3)