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 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
Jul 2: Spinning Home Movies: “an ode to inner space” with Jamila Woods
Spinning Home Movies: “an ode to inner space” with Jamila Woods SSHMP + Arts + Public Life via Facebook Live Thursday July 2 @ 7pm Spinning Home Movies is back for a special two-part Summer Jam Edition, starting with Jamila Woods on Thursday, July 2nd! Tune into...
May 21: Spinning Home Movies: “Reflections” with DJ Peace RTG
Spinning Home Movies: “Reflections” with DJ Peace RTG SSHMP + Arts + Public Life via Facebook Live Thursday May 21 @ 7pm South Side Home Movie Project invites you to tune into Facebook Live with Arts + Public Life every Thursday night at 7pm to experience a unique...
May 15: Welcome to Justin Williams, new SSHMP Archivist and Project Manager
Exciting news! We are delighted to welcome Justin Williams, South Side Home Movie Project’s new Archivist and Project Manager. Justin comes to SSHMP with a broad background in media technology, digital storytelling, program management and community engagement. At...