New video captures 'History from the Mill'

At one point, the thick gray smoke being pumped into the air from the South Chicago mills demonstrated prosperity. But with the smoke long gone, a group of South Side residents hope a new documentary will preserve the stories of the thousands of workers who once made this area hum.

Metropolitan Family Services worked with South Chicago high school students and community organizations, such as the Southeast Chicago Historical Society, to interview retired mill workers from the community. The project was funded by the Chicago Community Trust, Claretian Associates and LISC/Chicago.

 “The steel mills have really died here,” said Jackie Samuel, Claretian Associates’ director of the New Communities Program. “It’s history that we don’t want to lose.”

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