ARTIVISM SPOTLIGHT : THE DOC UNIT
Juvenile Expungement Report from The Doc Unit on Vimeo.
The Doc Unit
The Doc Unit combines class credit with the professional experience of creating short documentary works on behalf of real clients.
Students enrolled in Studies in Documentary: The Doc Unit (CINE 381) provide professional film services to a wide range of clients across Columbia College Chicago and community groups within the city. Active since 2013, The Doc Unit is led by Cinema and Television Arts associate professor Jeff Spitz. For information email: jspitz@colum.edu
Student Videos
Myra Rivera‘17 worked with lawyers from the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University Law School to develop a motion graphic video explaining their 137-page report on juvenile confidentiality and expungement practice in Illinois. The resulting video, Burdened for Life: The Myth of Juvenile Record Confidentiality and Expungement in Illinois, helped propel state lawmakers to pass a new automatic expungement law for juveniles in Illinois.
https://www.berwynpublicartinitiative.org/dia-de-los-muertos-en-berwyn
Produced by Scott Taylor
Enlace - a fundraiser for the largest non-profit immigrants' rights organization in Little Village.
My Block, My Hood, My City (an outreach video to help activist Jamahl Cole recruit volunteers)
Produced by Ayesha Abouelazm and Will Ojeda
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ARTIVISM 2020 SPOTLIGHT's feature projects within the Columbia College Chicago Community (student groups, coursework, and individual artists/activists on campus exploring the intersections of artmaking and activism.