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Title

Maxwell Street blues [videorecording] / a production of The Media Center, The University of Illinois, Chicago Circle ; a Facets Multimedia release ; produced by Sandra Lieb, Linda Williams and Raul Zaritsky.

Publication

New York : Rhapsody Films, 1980.

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Additional Authors

• Williams, Linda.
• Zaritsky, Raul.

Description

1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., b&w/col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Maxwell Street's open-air market is a Chicago landmark first established by Jewish merchants in the early part of the twentieth century. Today, the area bustles with shoppers and the sounds of the city's most renowned blues and gospel singers. This documentary sketches the historical background of the market and highlights the street performances of blues and gospel veterans. Two of Maxwell Street's most resilient players are Blind Arvella Gray and Blind Jim Brewer who reminisce about their pasts and the decades spent making a precarious living on this busy musical thoroughfare. Their recollections are punctuated by Arvella Gray's home movies.

Subjects

• Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs
• Music > United States
• Gospel music
• Blues (Music)
• African Americans > Music

Credits (note)

• Producers, directors, Linda Williams, Raul Zaritsky.

Title

Maxwell Street blues [videorecording] / a production of The Media Center, The University of Illinois, Chicago Circle ; a Facets Multimedia release ; produced by Sandra Lieb, Linda Williams and Raul Zaritsky.

Imprint

New York : Rhapsody Films, 1980.

Credits

Producers, directors, Linda Williams, Raul Zaritsky.

Performer

Performers: John Henry Davis, Willie Monroe, L.V. Banks, Coot "Playboy" Venson, Pat Rushing, Floyd Jones, Blind Arvella Gray, Jim Brewer, Albert Holland, Carrie Robinson.

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Added Author

Williams, Linda.

Zaritsky, Raul.

Branch Call Number

VTH 1638 M