National Public Housing Museum
Manual Cinema collaborated with the National Public Housing Museum to create a site-specific shadow puppetry installation with projection-mapped animation and sound design. Presented within the museum’s historic apartment block, this immersive exhibit explores the lasting impact of redlining in Chicago and across the U.S.
Set within a recreated 1950s apartment, the installation traces the history of housing discrimination from the Great Migration through the 1960s and ’70s. Through shadow imagery and storytelling, visitors learn how redlining, racial covenants, blockbusting, and federal and local policies shaped public housing and the demographics of American cities—directly affecting the families who lived in the Jane Addams Homes.
Created by Manual Cinema in collaboration with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.
National Public Housing Museum Exhibit, Visuals by Manual Cinema
National Public Housing Museum Exhibit, Visuals by Manual Cinema
National Public Housing Museum Exhibit, Visuals by Manual Cinema
National Public Housing Museum Exhibit, Visuals by Manual Cinema
National Public Housing Museum Exhibit, Visuals by Manual Cinema
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Credits
Produced by The National Public Housing Museum
Created by Manual Cinema in collaboration with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Storyboards and Puppet Design by Drew Dir
Original Music & Sound Design by Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter
Projection Design by Rasean Davonte Johnson
Puppetry by Lindsey Nicole Ball, Leah Casey, Jeffrey Paschal, Felix Mayes, and Kevin Michael Wesson
Additional Puppet Design & Fabrication by Jacky Kelsey