The South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP) is a five-part initiative to collect, preserve, digitize, exhibit, and research home movies made by residents of Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods.
We aim to build an alternative, accessible visual record, filling gaps in existing written and visual histories, and ensuring that the diverse experiences and perspectives of South Siders will be available to larger audiences and to future generations. Supported by the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life, Division of Humanities, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, & Culture, Film Studies Center, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Women’s Board, and Office of Civic Engagement’s Community Program Accelerator, and Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace.
Visit the Digital Archive
The digital archive is an online portal to the entire collection of digitized home movies archived by the South Side Home Movie Project Visit Our Digital ArchiveNEWS
Jan 29: Sundance Film Fest: The After After Life of Home Movies
Sundance Film Fest: The After After Life of Home Movies Friday, January 29, 2021 8:00 - 9:30pm CST Register at EventBrite for link to the virtual presentation and live Q&A What role can home movies play in resurrecting and re-telling hidden community histories?...
Dec 12 – 31: Home Movies for the Holidays: A Pop-Up Exhibition featuring DJ Selah Say
Home Movies for the Holidays: A Pop-Up Exhibition featuring DJ Selah Say Dec 12 - 31, 2020 Set off on a one-of-a-kind tour through decades of South Side merry-making with favorite holiday home movies from the South Side Home Movie Project Archive, sound-tracked with...
Nov 28 – Dec 11: Home Movies for the Holidays: A Pop-Up Exhibition featuring DJ Rae Chardonnay
Home Movies for the Holidays: A Pop-Up Exhibition featuring DJ Rae Chardonnay Nov 28 - Dec 11, 2020 Set off on a one-of-a-kind tour through decades of South Side merry-making with favorite holiday home movies from the South Side Home Movie Project Archive,...