Shot over the course of 20-years, 70 Acres in Chicago documents this … Cabrini-Green, therefore, entered the popular imagination as the embodiment of the “inner city,” becoming the setting of the prime-time sitcom “Good Times,” of movies… Whiteboyz (sometimes styled Whiteboys) is a 1999 American comedy film.The independent, limited release feature was written by Danny Hoch, Garth Belcon, Henri M. Kessler, Richard Stratton, and Marc Levin, and directed by Levin.

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Directed by Ronit Bezalel. Home to thousands, misunderstood by millions, Cabrini Green once towered over Chicago’s most valuable neighborhoods. With Marguerite Mariama. Although Cabrini-Green was never mentioned by name as the housing project in which the Evans family of Good Times lived, exterior shots of Cabrini-Green were shown in both the opening and closing credits sequences of the sitcom. A looming reminder of inequality, Cabrini’s high-rises were demolished and an African-American community cleared to make room for another social experiment: mixed-income neighborhoods. Heaven Is a Playground is a 1991 film based on Rick Telander's book of the same name.It was written and directed by Randall Fried, and stars Michael Warren, D.B. With Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne.

Cabrini Green’s demolition began in 1995 and ended in 2011 with the last tower being demolished. "70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green" continues Bezalel's 20-year look at Cabrini Green, and one of the film's strengths is its casual depiction of the passage of time. Directed by Brian Robbins. The film centers on the stories of three public housing residents, Mark, Deidre and Raymond, as … What happens when a mixed-income housing 'experiment' collides with reality? It marked the film debut of actress Piper Perabo, in a minor role. Filmed over 15-years, 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green looks at the demolition of Chicago's most infamous public housing development, Cabrini Green. Sweeney, Victor Love, Bo Kimble, Richard Jordan and Janet Julian.Telander himself has a cameo appearance in the movie. “70 Acres” presents a New Orleans-style funeral for that last building, with a drumline of musicians playing, and former residents coming back from all over the U.S. to attend the send-off. The film was released on October 4, 1991, by New Line Cinema

One former resident, who has moved out to the suburbs, tells us that, despite the safer … An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling, and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project …