WHERE WE LIVE

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OPRF on TV

Below is the link to the trailer for the documentary series “America to Me” which chronicles a year at OPRF. It will start on STARZ, August 26. The director also directed the highly acclaimed Hoop Dreams. He has lived in Oak Park for a long time and his children went to OPRF.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-uNhmWJ4l5k

Here is the link to an article about it that ran in the ChicagoTribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-sundance-steve-james-doc-0123-story.html

Here are additional links to the documentary:

https://wgntv.com/2018/08/23/a-look-at-the-new-docu-series-focusing-oak-park-river-forest-high-school/

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/america-to-me-documentary-starz-network-racial-disparities-education-achievement-gap-oak-park-river-forest-high-school-steve-james/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/youd-think-this-chicago-school-could-close-its-race-gap-a-new-tv-series-tries-to-find-out-why-it-cant/2018/08/23/7d555e46-a4bd-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html?utm_term=.b1f607e133b1

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Here is a pic of the way OPRF used to be - Thanks to Nancy Tobias Hylbert

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Do you remember your homeroom number?