The Tenement (1967) on DVD-R

Jay McMullen, Hughes Rudd
Directed by CBS Reports
Print: Color
Runtime: 60 min
Genre: Documentary
Language: English subtitles

One in CBS Reports (1959) of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. This program focuses on the lives of nine families living in a dilapidated tenement on Chicago's south side in 1966. It includes interviews with Chicago residents, including those who lived at 3823 South Ellis Street prior to their eviction. Program highlights depict the following: a mother and newborn leave Cook County Hospital; Georgia Johnson, a tenant for fifteen years; a mother washes for a family of twelve; an eleven-year-old cares for younger siblings; members of "The Four Corners" gang; children play in a vacant lot; the tenement at 10:00 pm; church service; a neighborhood fire; high school drop-outs; a tenant's funeral; and exodus of tenants before the building is demolished.