James R. Martin
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James R Martin AKA Jim Martin -- Writer, Independent Producer, Director, Documentary Filmmaker. Studio A - Profile of a Disc Jockey ( John Landecker ) , Distributed by Learning Corporation of America and currently by [1] PBS feature length documentary,Wrapped In Steel broadcast nationally in 1984/85, and PBS Documentary Fired-Up Public Housing is my Home broadcast nationally in 1988/89. Both Wrapped In Steel and Fired-Up were nominated for Emmy. Fired -Up won Best Independent Network Docmentary, Chicago. {{cite news | author=Linnet Myers | title=Documentary shows grim reality dawning on Southeast Side | publisher=Chricago Tribune - City South | date=1984-06-15 , {{cite news | author=Lucille U. Freeman | title=CHA Residents 'Fired Up' | publisher=Chicago Defender | date=1988-11-05 ,{{cite news | author=Lisa Goff | title=Hopeful CHAers moving on up in documentary | publisher=Crain's Chicago Business | date=1988-12-12
Wrapped In Steel, 90 minute PBS Documentary, was part of the Southeast Chicago Historical Project funded by The National Endowment for The Humanities (NEH), Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) and Columbia College Chicago. The documentary focused on multi ethnic SE Chicago Steel Mill neighborhoods at a critical time for urban America when cities were moving from dependence on a heavy Industry economy. {{cite news | author=Staff writer | title=Southeast Chicago: Rich Past, Anxious Present | publisher=The New York Times | date=1984-07-22
Four years in the making Wrapped In Steel was a part of the Southeast Chicago Historical Project which facilitated a community history project in which residents used various media to examine their past and present condition. Project and documentary activities touched the 100,000 resident neighborhoods of South Chicago, South Deering, East Side and Hegewich where a large percentage of the community worked at the Steel Mills located in their area. In addition to the documentary fllm the community history project left tangible reminders of the history and culture of area residents in the neighborhood, after the historical project ended. Some of the results of the project are two years of articles about the history of the area in Template:The Daily Calumet, 1982 - 1983 a multi-media exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and a revitalized local Southeast Chicago Historical Society. Prominent scholars and residents examined the culture and history of these working class neighborhoods. Among those consultants William Kornblum, Blue Collar Community, Sol Tax, Athropologist, Dominic Pacyga, Historian, Tom Cottle, Psychologist, Mike Alexandrof, President Columbia College, Edward Sadlowski, United Steel Workes of America, and thousands of residents. {{cite news | author=Staff writer | title=Southeast Chicago: Rich Past, Anxious Present | publisher=The New York Times | date=1984-07-22
Emmy Award winning Fired-Up ...Public Housing is my Home', 60 minute PBS Documentary looks at an attempt to introduce the Tenant Management concept to Chicago Public Housing (CHA) developments including Cabrini Green and other developments. The Tenant Maagment model was based on the work of Bertha Gilkey at Cochran Gardens in St. Louis, MO. The program sought to empower tenants to take charge of the developments and their own lives. {{cite news | author=Linnet Myers | title=Documentary shows grim reality dawning on Southeast Side| publisher=Chicago Tribune - City South | date=1984-06-15', {{cite news | author=Harold Henderson | title= "This is not a project"| publisher=Reader-Chicago Vol.18, No. 32 | date=1989-05-05
Fired-up follows the residents of CHA Public Housing developments including Cabrini Green, and Ida B Wells developments as they learn about basic concepts like what a lease is and tenant management concepts. Female residents (over 95% public housing residents are women and children) express their fears and problems as they struggle to establish some order to their development buildings and their lives. Residents visit Cochran Gardens in St. Louis where they see a successful tenant managed development. {{cite news | author=Harold Henderson | title= "This is not a project"| publisher=Reader-Chicago Vol.18, No. 32 | date=1989-05-05
The project was sponsored by the Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago and the Documentary received funding from the Kraft Foundation, American Bank, the Sophia Fund an Columbia College, Chicago. The film was written produced and directed by Professor Jim Martin at Columbia College Chicago, currently Director Documentary Filmmaking, Full Sail College, Winter Park, Florida.
EXTERNAL SOURCES
http://www.metroplanning.org/index.asp
http://www.fullsail.com/film/program/1246-documentary-filmmaking.html
