WTTW Journal; Just Plain Hardworking ... Ten Good Lives

WTTW (Television station : Chicago, Ill.) · October 23, 1991

"This documentary presents portraits of ten inspiring Chicago elders drawn from the many ethnic, racial and religious groups throughout the city. The ten subjects, age 65 and older, were first featured in a Chicago Historical Society exhibit about Chicagoans who have made a difference. These men and women have worked to develop Chicago"s commerce, maintain the flavor of its neighborhoods, enrich its cultural and artistic life and hold the city to a higher moral standard. "JUST PLAIN HARDWORKING weaves interviews with the subjects and scenes from their work and communities with art from the exhibit -- sculptures by Margot McMahon, photographs by William Franklin McMahon and watercolors by Franklin McMahon -- to create a tapestry of Chicago neighborhoods and people. The ten individuals in the program include Maria Enriquez de Allen, Pilsen; Delois Barrett Campbell, West Chesterfield; Frank Drehobl, North Lincoln Avenue; Monsignor John Egan, Near North; Hildur Lindquist, Andersonville; Frank Lumpkin, South Chicago; Walter Piotrowski, Back of the Yards; Ruth Rothstein, Lawndale; and Florence Scala, Taylor Street."--1991 Peabody Awards entry form.