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- Michael Johnson
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- "House of Pain"
- Summary: Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all part of one of the nation's biggest urban renewal efforts in recent memory (Winner: 2003 Edward R. Murrow Award, Best National Radio News Documentary)
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Review of House of Pain
Michael Johnson
Posted on August 01, 2005 at 08:26 PM
House of Pain might be called the final chapter that was begun by Ghetto Life 101, & Remorse, though your guide through the Chicago Public housing pitfalls is self appointed envoy, samaritan, and recording angel, Andre Williams. This journey has no narrator but Willaims himself, as he listens and talks to residents who now find themselves having to relocate when there housing project home comes up for demolition.
This piece would go well with a discussion on rapidly changing housing markets, or stories on eviction move-ins and condo conversions.
It is rich with the sound of people's lives, and the voice of Chicago's central city residents. 30 minutes well done.