The Chicago Story

 

     “The  Chicago Story” aims to be a 90 minute documentary film initially with two future films completing a three episode volume covering the history of violent conflict in Chicago, IL. It begins with details of  the “Fox Wars”  in which the Meskwaki Indians fought against the French for more than three decades(1701-1742), “The Northwest Indian Wars(1785-1795), and “The Treaty of  Paris”(1783) which ended  The “American Revolutionary War”.  It’s highlights are the 1919 “Chicago Race Riots”, The Prohibition period (1920-1933) and the Italian/Irish gangland wars of Al Capone and Bugs Moran, The massive political unrest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention/Vietnam protests; The violent confrontations of The Black Panther Party and The Chicago Police Department in the late 1960’s,  The riots succeeding the 1968 assassination of  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the development of  Black and Latino street gangs and the wars that ensued in the battle for drugs, guns and territory from the  period of 1955-Present.

     There will be live interviews conducted with select residents, politicians, gang members/leaders, historians, police authorities and activists who have proved accurately knowledgeable concerning dates, times and occurrences as well as the socio-economic and political climates/factors associated with each said instance of violent conflict heretofore mentioned. In addition there will be a soundtrack with select music to reflect and narrate each time period covered. In conclusion there will be further interviews with today’s social scholars, urban youth, and progressive thinkers pertaining to different resolutions existing in the wake of the Black urban crisis of violent conflict that presently looms in modern day Chicago.

     With excellent videography, music, narration, in-depth interviews and shock-value footage, this film should offer extensive social/political awareness,  entertainment and a collector’s item that every Chicagoan(Even non-Chicagoans) can pull off the shelf and pass down for generations to come.