Documentary reveals everyday life of young black Chicagoans

The new film Woke up Black aims to change that. It premieres Friday at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Mary Morten’s feature documentary chronicles the lives of five young people -- some poor, others privileged, all of them black. The idea is to let them speak about their everyday lives and the connections they see between black people of diverse backgrounds. Sheldon Smith is one of the people Morten’s film crew followed. When Eight Forty-Eight's Alison Cuddy spoke with Smith and Morten recently, he began by sharing what it was like having to live on camera. | WBEZ