Opinion Michael Phillips: 20 years ago, Jacqueline Stewart went hunting for home movies. She found pure Chicago history ...

Jacqueline Stewart was recently named president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. CHICAO (WLS) -- A Chicago native is reaching new heights and breaking barriers in the film industry.

The exhibit represents two decades of work by Jacqueline Stewart, professor of cinema and media studies at UChicago, to collect home movies from South Side families.

Jacqueline Stewart: I became interested in home movies as a new area for scholarly study. You know, there’s so many different types of films that film historians had not really looked at.

“We want your home movies!” proclaimed Hyde Park Herald ads and fliers tacked up in South Side storefronts. Two decades ago, the scrappy archive headed by University of Chicago Prof. Jacqueline ...

and Jacqueline Stewart. So, again, the panel is Saturday at 4:00. And then the film premiere of Steal This Story, Please! is going to be 1:00 on Sunday. It is really thrilling. We’re very excited.

Object Details editor Field, Allyson Nadia 1976- Gordon, Marsha 1971- writer of the foreword Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma 1970- Notes Elecresource Contents Foreword. Making voice, taking voice: nonwhite ...