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Meet the Era (Chicago footwork documentary)

Wills Glasspiegel (dir.), The Era Footwork Crew · Open the Circle · 2018 · introductory

Video documentation of Chicago footwork's battle circles, vocabulary, and lineage from the juke scene.

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The work is credited to The Era collective, a Chicago footwork crew. Rather than a single author, the documentary emerges from collaboration between the dancers themselves and filmmakers committed to community-driven documentation.

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