The Grid - Snaggers
Snagging fish is allowed seasonally in a few spots on Lake Michigan, including the Lincoln Park inlet. Find out more from the Reader: http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/...
This video is part of The Grid -- http://www.gapersblock.com/thegrid -- a series profiling Chicago businesses, subcultures and landscapes. These short, lyrical documentaries aspire to be art cinema, ethnographies, and experiments in form.
Joe Riina-Ferrie and Mel Gonzalez teach filmmaking to high schoolers on Chicago's South and West Side through Community TV Network: http://www.ctvnetwork.org. Ben Kolak's directorial debut, Scrappers: http://www.scrappersmovie.com won Best Documentary at the 2010 Chicago Underground Film Festival and made Roger Ebert's list of top documentaries for that year. Graphic designer Akemi Hong is a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.