COMMITTEE OF SIX is an enactment of archival meeting minutes held at the University of Chicago. The meetings took place in 1955 between community leaders and University officials for the purpose of creating an “Urban Renewal Program" for the neighborhood of Hyde Park, situated in the south side of Chicago. The film documents the process of a group of performers, academics, residents, and activists interpreting the archival documents, inviting comparison between the language of the past and the contemporary reality of gentrification and racist real estate practices in Chicago.
Fred Schmidt-Arenales
Director
The Class of ‘9271%
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts73%
The Curse of Buckout Road65%
Cadillac Records71%
RoboCop73%
Stop Making Sense83%
Above Majestic73%
True Grit73%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me85%
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb62%
Sympathy for the Devil62%
Michael Jackson's Thriller83%
McQueen75%
Blade Runner79%
180° South72%
The Trial of the Chicago 776%
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story72%
The Invisible63%
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey61%
