THIS IS FREE:LIFE & TIMES OF MAXWELL

"During its heyday in the early and mid 1900s, the Maxwell Street market area represented one of the most fascinating chapters in American urban history. People congregated there in the thousands to shop for bargains in stores and on pushcarts, and for piles of second-hand junk. They went, too, for the endless entertainment of street musicians, among which were many of Chicago's blues greats, hucksters, rousing preachers, street entertainers and much more. The DVD includes the classic 1964 documentary on Maxwell Street, And This Is Free, an intimate slice of life portrait capturing all the characters and flavor of the market, and Maxwell Street: A Living Memory, a captivating look at the start of the century."