Watch SHINEMEN documentary film
SHINEMEN is a surprising 24 minute short produced and directed by Kartemquin DVID Fellow Eleva Singleton, which celebrates Chicago treasure, Mr. Bill Williams, a shoeshine technician from Morgan Park, who owns four businesses, has a street named after him and is worth so much to the city of Chicago.
SHINEMEN also features testimonies from Bill Duke, Prof. Randal Jelks, Senator Emil Jones, Prof. George Bailey,
Don Welsh, and artist Martin Soto.
SHINEMEN got rave reviews at the Black Harvest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Center, was nominated for a Chicago Emmy, and aired on WTTW during Black History Month.
SHINEMEN credits
Eleva Singleton: director and producer
Ajwa’ Cinema’: cinematographer and editor
William “Bill” Williams, owner of K & J Shoe Repair and Shine Parlors
Syleste Williams
Karen Williams
William Henry “Bill” Duke, Jr.: actor, author and film director
Dr. Randall Jelks: associate professor of American Studies and African American Studies at the University of
Kansas
Dr. George Bailey: associate professor (emeritus) of English, Columbia College, multimedia artist and musician
Don Welsh
Former Illinois State Senator Emil Jones Jr.
David Peters
Derrick McDonald
Andre Moody
Martin Soto: artist and executive director of Kunstlerhaus in Aurora, Illinois
George Coates
Andre King
Pastor Willie F. Richardson: Bread of Life Church of God in Christ, Chicago, Illinois
Darrell Dean
Anthony Jones
Robert Lester
Malvin Jones Jr.
Stephen Forte
Abed
Fred West
Chicago Alderman Lamont Brown
L T Carten
Chelsea Dunlop
Ben Watson
Brian Schodorf
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Diane and Victor Hoskins