Tuesday, September 05, 2006

I got great news today. The documentary short film has been accepted into it's first festival, the 2006 Chicago International Short Film Festival. The name of the film is called "Great American Youth". The Festival is Sept 29,30 and Oct 1st of 2006. That's the last Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this month. I am not sure which exact day and time is the screening(s). They will let me know later on as they finalize the schedule in a week or so. I'll post updates as soon as I get precise details.

The location of the festival is at the Davis Theater 4614 North Lincoln Ave. Chicago IL, 60625.


Here is a brief synopsis of the film:This short documentary film (18 min 58 sec) is a historical overview of the evolution of Chicago's Largest White Street Gang, The Gaylords. It follows them from their inception in the 1950's until the Present Day. The piece explores what happened when the neighborhoods got marginalized because two cultures could not assimilate. Simple questions like the why, what and how lead to brutally honest responses from members in how they dealt with their opposition. A vivid recollection of what it took to walk the mean streets of Chicago as a gang member.

5 Comments:

Blogger Little Los said...

is there a address for this place i checked there web site and they got nothing on it no times or what being played what days. Do you know what days and times its being shown?

10:21 AM  
Blogger StoneGreaser said...

The Davis Theater...it's in the book an the info is on the web...give em a call.

4:46 PM  
Blogger StoneGreaser said...

Any of the Brothers or Sisters interested in attending as a group, please hit up one of the admins on the site. We will be meeting about a half hour to an hour ahead of the show and walking up.

4:49 PM  
Blogger Lil Mick said...

wus up S\G; do you remember Zen from Chi-West. He drove that red van and parked across the street in the school parking lot from Lennies. He is in that one picture about Lennies by the pin-ball machine. I was a friend of his and a couple G\l;s & P.V.P;s. Later on Lil Mick ; A\I\P;s 1971 to 1978.

1:19 PM  
Blogger speedy montana said...

I am sure you guys remember looney (John P),looper,cerpico,lenny hall (mad dog and jaws),(r.dragon)
9westly),(Brian o) and (J Janis). Oh my god how about (Glock)? His sister really was a Dallas cowboy cheer leader.Is he still arround?Glock was that homeless guy at Blackhawk park. The guys would talk to him.

Speedy Montana

6:31 AM  

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