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Film, Video Follow The Music Interview: Prince Jron, Mr. Watch & Witness, and King Charles

Video recording of Junious Brickhouse interviewing King Charles, Prince Jron, and Mr. Watch & Witness

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Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Prince Jron, Mr. Watch & Witness, and King Charles

Names

  • Brickhouse, Junious (Interviewer)
  • Guerrero, Jake (Recordist)
  • Guerrero, Noah (Recordist)
  • Parks, Charles Lee (Contributor)
  • Forman, Kelli (Contributor)
  • Parks, Charles Lee (Interviewee)
  • Boyd, Jaron (Interviewee)
  • Harris, Isaac Crossfire (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 2023

Headings

  • -  Street life
  • -  House music--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  African American dancers--United States--Interviews
  • -  Chicago Footwork
  • -  Dance--Competitions
  • -  Underground music--Illinois--Chicago
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Jaron “Prince Jron” Boyd, one of the founders of HaVoC, Isaac “Crossfire” Harris (a.k.a Mr. Watch & Witness), and Charles “King Charles” Parks, founder of Creation Global discuss the importance of heritage and culture in Chicago Footwork culture with Junious Brickhouse. They talk about the ways that they grew in and contributed to Chicago Footwork. They discuss the ways in which they were able to find and learn about themselves through their art. The panel discusses the life and light that Chicago Footwork has given to people who have experienced and contributed to the culture.
  • -  Keywords: critical heritage, cultural sustainability, OG
  • -  Venue: Recorded at The Urban Ark, Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Chicago

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, Jake Guerrero, Noah Guerrero, Charles Lee Parks, Kelli Forman, Charles Lee Parks, Jaron Boyd, and Isaac Crossfire Harris. Follow The Music Interview: Prince Jron, Mr. Watch & Witness, and King Charles. Chicago, Illinois, 2023. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_009/.

APA citation style:

Brickhouse, J., Guerrero, J., Guerrero, N., Parks, C. L., Forman, K., Parks, C. L. [...] Harris, I. C. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Prince Jron, Mr. Watch & Witness, and King Charles. Chicago, Illinois. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_009/.

MLA citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, et al. Follow The Music Interview: Prince Jron, Mr. Watch & Witness, and King Charles. Chicago, Illinois, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_009/>.