The Popovich Brothers of South Chicago

Filmmaker Jill Godmilow (with folklorists Ethel Raim and Martin Koenig) made this film in 1977 when there was a community of 1100 Serbian-Americans families in South Chicago. They worked in steel mills, drove trucks, taught school, played tennis and golf, watched television, and went to church on Sunday. But what connected them to their family, church and community and provided the deepest expression of their identity was their traditional Serbian music and the Popovich Brothers were a constant source of that music.
The film has recently been restored and is on DVD from Facets Multimedia in Chicago. http://www.facetsdvd.com/product-p/dv101359.htm

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[folkstreamer]

You can get this film on DVD from facets multimedia in chicago.

[Tyrannis7]

Best wishes to my Serb brothers and sisters in the states...from Germany.

Don't ever forget your roots....your ancestors didn't for 500 years.

CCCC

[VBJZajecar]

Поздрав за све Србе! Стварно смо цареви.

[donziv]

I just finished watching the entire film. What a fabulous documentary and a gem for all Serbs living in the US. I moved to South Chicago in March 1967 from Serbia, went to Washington HS, and this even made it more special. Too bad Serbs are blending inn and forgetting their roots. Once out of Serbia we become others and our kids do not attend all those dances and one day will just say my parents were Serbs. Lets share this film with all our friends, Thank You!

[donziv]

This is great!

[lawabider41]

Their music will never be forgotten. No Serbian tamburitza's music should ever be forgotten. We have many thanks to our parents, babas and dedas for making us a part of their lives. Greatest group of granduncles I could ever dream to have.

[BitangaLican]

Starcevic is croatian!

[agbz]

Gimme a break. They F***en hated anyone that was not like them. And they were brutal about it. Racists to the core. I know. I grew up in South Chicago and went to St. Francis de Sales high school. I lived with their down home racism every fricken day. Sometimes I thank god for closing down the mills. It showed how everyone was the same. Big corporations didn't give a shit about race. They closed the mills. They wanted to make mo' money. Culture is good if you know how to use it.

[lawabider41]

I miss them all.

[googler7]

You can be carried away - STRAIGHT TO SENATORIUM!