CHICAGO, 1968

Featuring 16mm footage sourced from the Chicago Film Archives, "CHICAGO, 1968" directs our attention to a pivotal, historical moment by combining flicker film techniques with a courtroom-style drama.

Attorney Kian Williams (played by Tyrone Norwood Jr) wants to prove himself as a public defender, but his client – 17-year-old Kameron (played by Anthony Harris) – presents a slippery slope after he’s charged with inciting a riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. To defend Kameron, Williams must carefully toe the line between a defender of human rights and a critic of the justice system that employs him. The judge’s verdict is mixed, and – ultimately – so are Kian and Kameron’s opinions regarding civil unrest as a tool for political change. By including 16mm film footage of civil unrest in Chicago – as displayed through an electronic CRT television screen – viewers are immersed in a whirlwind of media technologies, historical moments, and our varied ideas of what revolution should look like.