Film
Please note: This was screened in March 2026
An absorbing study of daily life in one of Chicago’s poorest housing projects.
‘Community Strength’ reads the slogan on the t-shirt worn by Helen Finner, head of the residents’ council at the Ida B. Wells housing project, home to some of Chicago’s poorest inhabitants.
Widely regarded as one of Frederick Wiseman's finest films, this affecting, absorbing study of people in and around the project challenges cliched representations of poverty, race and housing inequality.