Episode 15: "Time Travelin’" by Cam Be
Premiered May 27, 2020
Join us for the premiere of “Time Travelin,” a new episode of Spinning Home Movies featuring an all-new mix of vintage home movie footage from the South Side Home Movie Project, curated and soundtracked by film director, photographer, musician, DJ and music producer Cam Be.
Spinning Home Movies is produced and presented by Arts + Public Life (APL) and South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP), with support from the University of Chicago Women’s Board.
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Watch the premiere to see Cam Be's interview with Jacqueline Stewart and the post-show Rewind with Cam Be, home movie donor Jeanette Foreman, and the APL and SSHMP team.
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Through a collage of home movie footage, including from Cam’s own family archive, “Time Travelin’” explores the interconnectedness of human beings generations apart. Whether it’s the beauty that surrounds us or the moments that connect us, our smile radiates the same. Unforgettable moments in this mix include crowd scenes and sweet audio clips from Chicago Fest 1979, and mid-1950s dance club scenes from the Roberts Show Lounge.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Cam Be
Cam Be is a film director, photographer, musician, DJ and music producer. His central passion for filmmaking emerged during his studies at New York Film Academy (2006) and Columbia College in Chicago (2008-2010). Cam has interviewed and documented iconic artists such as Maya Angelou, Lauryn Hill, Common, Theaster Gates, Questlove, Hebru Brantley, amongst others.
In 2012 Cam received an Emmy award as producer with NBC Chicago. His first feature length documentary The Exchange is available online at Amazon Video. His short documentary Where Flowers Bloom, the making of the Grammy Nominated Hip-Hop album ‘Laila’s Wisdom’ by Rapsody was released on Tidal in 2018.
In 2018 Cam debuted his first solo photo exhibition So I Wrote Love in the Sky at Good Details Gallery in Chicago, IL. His first solo album 7 Steps to 7 was release May 2018 as a soundtrack to the exhibition. In December 2020 Cam Be released his second solo album Summer in September. Currently, Cam Be is working on a documentary titled “Project: Building Hope” which was a part of Kartemquin’s Diverse Voices in Docs Program. He is based out of Chicago and is the Owner and Creative Director of Camovement.
