CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FIFTH THIRD BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT THE CHICAGO SKY CHAMPIONSHIP WIN WAS A BIG MOMENT FOR CHICAGO'S WORK BUT ALSO THE WOMEN WHO PLAY FOR THEM.

WE HAVE THE FUTURE OF WOMEN IN SPORTS.

>>> HAROLD WASHINGTON'S LIFE AND LEGACY PLAYING OUT ON THE BIG SCREEN.

WE WILL LOOK BACK AT IT WITH THE PRODUCERS OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY.

JOFFREY BALLET DANCERS RETURN HOME FOR A CELEBRATION.

>> YOUR WW A CHAMPIONS, YOUR CHICAGO SKY!

>> FIRST, THE CITY IS STILL CELEBRATING THE CHICAGO SKY HISTORIC WIN.

AFTER THEY BE THE PHOENIX MERCURY IT WAS AN EXCITING INSIGNIFICANT DEGREE FOR THE CITY, FANS AND WOMEN'S ATHLETES.

HERE'S WHAT A FEW OF THEM HAD TO SAY.

>> I WAS SUPER EXCITED.

I WAS SITTING ON THE TIP OF MY SEAT AND CALLING MY PARENTS AFTER THE GAME WAS OVER TELLING THEM THAT CHICAGO SKY WON THE GAME.

IT WAS AWESOME.

I GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO THE GAME AND I WAS RIGHT THERE FRONT ROW CENTER AND THAT WAS AWESOME.

JUST EVEN TO BE THERE AND WATCH AND TO SEE THE SUPPORT AND CHICAGO AND THEIR FANS.

JUST EVERYTHING.

SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT FOR THE CHICAGO SKY.

>> TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE CHICAGO SKY IN THEIR PLAYOFF RUN IT WAS SO SUPPORTING.

I WONDER IF THE ATTENTION WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL.

>> I FELT LIKE THEY BROUGHT THE CHALLENGE.

THEY GAVE THEM A NAME AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S GREAT BECAUSE GIRLS NEED THEM.

>> IS SO OVERDUE AND AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS RIGHT ON TIME.

IT WAS JUST WHAT THE CITY NEEDED, IT WAS JUST WHAT WOMEN'S SPORTS AND GIRL SPORTS NEEDED.

>> HISTORICALLY WOMEN SPORTS HAVE NOT RECEIVED AS MUCH ATTENTION FROM FANS OR MEDIA THEN MEN.

WE OFTEN DON'T SEE THE STAR TREATMENT LIKE THE MEN.

THIS WEEK MINA FELT LIKE A BIT OF A TURNING POINT AS CHICAGOANS SHOWED THEIR PRIDE AND SUPPORT FOR THE CHICAGO SKY.

JOINING US ARE ALECIA IVERY AND ARMELIA HORTON ASSISTANT COACH OF THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO THE CHICAGO SKY'S WIN, TRAN 21?

>> IT WAS GREAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE SOLD-OUT CROWD, IT TOOK US FOREVER TO FIND PARKING.

IT WAS SO MUCH OF AN EXCITING TIME TO BE THERE.

>> SPEAKING OF PARKING IS AN INDICATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE AS WELL.

AND, ALECIA IVERY I KNOW YOU COACH BUT YOU ARE A BIG CHICAGO SKY FAN.

YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS TEAM SINCE THE BEGINNING HOW DID THAT FEEL?

>> I WAS SUPER EXCITED.

BEING A PART OF THE GAME, THEY CAME OUT TO A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS, LED BASKETBALL AND I WAS IN THE FAMILY WHEN JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

WHEN WE GOT THEM, JUST FOLLOWING THEM AND SEEING THEM FINALLY GET OVER THAT HUMP AND CANDACE PARKER COMING BACK, IT WAS GREAT TO TELL A STORY ABOUT HER I'VE BEEN SUPER EXCITED THE PARADE WAS AWESOME THE RALLY WAS AWESOME AND HOPEFULLY THIS MOMENTUM CAN CONTINUE FOR SURE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

TRAN 21, AS WE DISCUSSED HUGE SHOWING OF THE SKY, MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PAST.WE KNOW THE CITY LIKES TO SHOW UP FOR ITS WINNERS BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE FOR THE SKY AND WOMEN SPORTS IN GENERAL?

>> I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING IT BUT PUT WOMEN SPORTS ON TV.

VIEWERSHIP IS UP RATINGS ARE UP AND TO MEET IT IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

PUT THEM ON TV.

WE HAVE MEDIA COVERAGE, MERCHANDISE SELLING OUT ITS HUGE TIME TO BE A WOMAN'S BASKETBALL FAN.

>> AS A WOMAN'S BASKETBALL COACH IS IT EVER FRUSTRATING OR DISCOURAGING TO SEE LESS ATTENTION GIVEN TO WOMEN IN SPORTS AND WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR PLAYERS?

>> 100 PERCENT FRUSTRATING.

WE TELL OUR PLAYERS TO KEEP AT IT.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HAS COME A LONG WAY.

IT IS STILL A WAYS TO GO BUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT AGAIN, VIEWERSHIP IS UP, WE HAVE MERCHANDISE AND ON THE FLIPSIDE, WE HAVE OUR MVP BUT WE CAN'T FIND HER JERSEY IN STORE.

AND, WHY ARE WE ON ESPN?

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT I REALLY AM PROUD OF WHAT THE WBMA HAS DONE IN AS FAR AS ITS FAN BASE.

ALECIA IVERY, DO YOU SEE A CHANGE HAPPENING OR A SHIFT HAPPENING IN THE COVERAGE OF WOMEN SPORTS?

>> YES.

JUST LIKE ARMELIA HORTON SAID.

THERE STILL WORK TO BE DONE ON THE MAJOR NETWORK.

I THINK THIS YEAR BEING INTENTIONAL ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER AND BEING CREATIVE ABOUT WHERE ARE THERE BROADCASTED GAMES TO WATCH.

TO HAVE A BROADER AUDIENCE IS A GOOD WAY TO GO AND REALIZE ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLATFORMS THERE ARE AND GET THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS WATCHING IT AND THAT KIND OF THING.

I THINK STRATEGICALLY THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR WITH THE HE SKY GAME IN GENERAL AND SEEING HOW WE SEE AN INCREASE IN VISIBILITY AND THE MORE VISIBILITY BETTER.

SO, GIRLS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM ON TV WILL STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INTERACTION SO AS MUCH EXPOSURE AS WE CAN GIVE TO THE YOUNG GIRLS AND HIGHSCHOOLER'S SO THEY CAN GET THAT AND GET ON THAT LEVEL I THINK WERE MOVING ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE STILL HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF A WAY TO GO.

>> AND YOU SAID THIS WAS SOMETHING MENTIONED AT THE RALLY, HEARING HOW THIS WIND WAS AN INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> FOR WOMEN!

FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS!

[CHEERING] I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

>> THE DREAM WAS TO SHOWCASE POWERFUL STRONG WOMEN WHO LEAD EACH OTHER ON AND OFF THE COURT AND BY THE WAY, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF HIM ARE BLACK WOMEN.

[CHEERING] >> THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN WOMEN SPORTS HERE IN CHICAGO!

>> TRAN 21 WHAT KIND OF IMPACT CAN SEEING THESE PROFESSIONALS THESE WOMEN ATHLETES THIS WEEK BEING CELEBRATED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

WHAT KIND OF IMPACT CANNOT HAVE ON YOUNG ATHLETES ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG LACK AND BROWN ATHLETE?

>> BASICALLY STAND THE COURSE AND HARD WORK.

THE THING ABOUT CANDACE PARKER, TWO YEARS AGO THEY TOLD HER THAT WAS MOST OVERRATED IN THE LEAGUE AND SHE CAME HOME AND SHE WON US THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE THING ABOUT HARPER, YOU LOOK AT THEIR ROSTER IN YOUR GOING TO PICK HER OUT AS MVP IN THE FINALS AND HAVE HER BACK AND SAY NO YOU ARE THE NEW FACE OF THE CHICAGO SKY STAY THE COURSE, KEEP ON WORKING HARD AND SEEING IF THEY CAN DO IT ON THAT LEVEL YOU CAN DO IT WHILE YOU ARE YOUNGER.

>> ALECIA IVERY, GIRLS IN THE GAME IS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING GIRLS IN SPORTS.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO GET GIRLS INVOLVED IN ATHLETICS?

>> WE ALL KNOW THAT GETTING FIT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND ALSO MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, ALL THE ABOVE.

THEN, BEING ABLE TO GET THE GIRLS INTRODUCED TO SOME A DIFFERENT SPORTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY SPORTS WHEN SOMETIMES THEY ARE DISCOURAGED ACE ON THE POPULATION THAT IS ALWAYS PLAYING OR MAYBE THE BOYS ARE TAKING OVER.

I DO INCORPORATED FOR US BEING ABLE TO SHOW SO MANY GIRLS DIFFERENT SPORTS AND SEEING WOMEN OUT THERE DOING IN PLAYING IN A HIGH-CAPACITY IS ALWAYS A GOOD LOOK.

FOR ME, AS A COACH AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL SEEING ARMELIA HORTON AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY COACHING, IT'S GREAT TO SEE AS COACHES BUT ALSO YOUNGER GIRLS SEEING THE PLAYERS IS ALWAYS A GOOD WAY TO INSPIRE AND GET MORE IN THE FIELD BECAUSE WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET MORE WOMEN AND GIRLS INTO SPORTS, COACHING AND MENSTRUATION, ALL THE ABOVE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD SPOT TO LEAVE IT.

INCORPORATED YOU TO BOTH OF YOU COACH AND COACH, TRAN 21 AND BRIANNA BOATENG BEST OF LUCK.

>> UP NEXT, THE NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT CHICAGO'S FIRST MAYOR.

PLEASE JOIN US.

>> THE STORY OF CHICAGO'S FIRST BLACK MAYOR IS ONE OF SEVERAL DOCUMENTARIES HITTING THE BIG SCREEN AT CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

PUNCH 9 FOR HAROLD WASHINGTON EXPLORES THE LEGACY OF THE FIRST LACK MAYOR AS HE FACES RACISM ON A DAILY BASIS.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> I REMEMBER I WAS WITH HIM THAT DAY AND I'M GOING TO GET EMOTIONAL SAYING THIS BUT HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE SAID IT IS TOUGH BEING A BLACK MAN LIVING IN THE FREE OF THE BRAVE.

>> IT WASN'T SCARY BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO IT.

HERE YOU ARE WALKING TO CHURCH WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU ARE GETTING STONED.

>> JOINING US ARE THE FILMS PRODUCERS, SONYA JACKSON AND RAYMOND LAMBERT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

SONYA JACKSON, LET'S START WITH YOU WHY DID YOU WANT TO PRODUCE THIS MOVIE?

>> I WANTED TO PRODUCE THIS STORY BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT STORY THAT NEEDED TO BE TOLD.

I SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AROUND MY CAREER IN THE SECTOR OF PEOPLE OF COLOR PARTICULARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY OF OUR STORIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE PART OF IT.

I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF MEETING RAYMOND AS ALL OF THIS WAS STARTING TO TAKE PLACE AND THE TIMING WAS RIGHT.

I MOVED TO CHICAGO IN 1987 AND I MOVED TO CHICAGO SHORTLY BEFORE HAROLD WASHINGTON PAST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS CAME S CAME UP WHEN I GOT TO THE CITY, I AM FROM A SMALL TOWN IN IOWA, YOU KNOW HAROLD, HOW DID YOU MEET HIM AND I WAS SO FASCINATED BY HAROLD WASHINGTON AS A PERSON BUT ALSO SOME OF THE RACIAL AND POLITICAL EXPERIENCES THAT I HAD IN MOVING TO CHICAGO.

IT WAS A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT.

>> THIS STORY COVERS A GREAT DEAL OF THE RACIAL POLITICAL CLIMATE IN CHICAGO.

RAYMOND LAMBERT, BLACK CHICAGO CAME TOGETHER TO GET HAROLD ELECTED.TALK ABOUT THAT MOVEMENT AND HOW YOU REFLECTED IT IN THE MOVIE.

>> IS INTERESTING BECAUSE LIKE SONYA SONYA JACKSON I WAS NOT FROM CHICAGO.

I WAS AWARE OF IT BUT NOT IN THE WEEDS OF IT.

ONCE YOU GET INTO THE WEEDS OF IT YOU REALIZE THAT VOTER REGISTRATION AND FACING THE BLACK VOTERS AT THE TIME, WAS 90 PERCENT.

HE WAS ABLE TO GALVANIZE THE COMMUNITY WITH A METHOD OF FAIRNESS AND THE IDEA OF IT IS OUR TURN.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A CITY AND NOT JUST FOR BLACKS BUT FOR WHITE, LATINO, INDIAN, ASIAN, WHOEVER IT WAS IF WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER IN A COALITION WE CAN MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY.

I THINK THAT MESSAGE RESONATED FOR ME AND WANTING TO BE A PART OF PRODUCING THIS FILM.

>> RAYMOND, OBVIOUSLY RACISM PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN EVERYTHING HE OVERCAME.

DESCRIBE THE LEVEL OF RACISM HE EXPERIENCED.

>> LEE FEATURED EARLY IN THE FILM WE DO FEATURE MARTIN LUTHER KING AND IT REMINDS ME OF A FAMOUS QUOTE FROM DOCTOR KING, HE NEVER FELT THE LEVEL OF RACISM ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN HE FELT IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

NOT ALABAMA NOT MISSISSIPPI OR ARKANSAS.

IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION IN THAT MOST CITIES THAT HAVE HAD BLACK MAYORS THERE HAS BEEN A MAJORITY LACK POPULATION OR A WHITE SLIGHT OF WHAT IS LEFT AND THEN THE BLACK MAYOR COMES IN TO CLEAN UP WHAT IS LEFT.

IN THIS CASE EVERYONE WAS ENTRENCHED WITH THEIR OWN AGENDAS AND THERE WAS A MACHINE THAT WAS MAYBE THE GREATEST POLITICAL MACHINE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS RICHARD J DALEY AND HAROLD TRIED TO COME IN AND DISMANTLE THAT MACHINE WHICH ULTIMATELY HE DID.

>> SONJA, DID WE FORGET OF SOME OF WHAT HE HAD TO OVERCOME AND THEN TO GOVERN WHEN HE WAS ELECTED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HISTORY OR ARE WE JUST REMEMBERING THE VICTORY AND NOT THE BATTLE?

>> I THINK SOMETIMES WE DO JUST REMEMBER THE VICTORIES.

I THINK HAROLD WAS SO GREATLY LOVED AND THINK OF HIM SO FONDLY.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONARY TAIL AND IT'S ALMOST A TWILIGHT ZONE EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU JUST OPPOSE WHAT HAPPENED TO HAROLD TO THE PERSON WHO STOOD ON HIS SHOULDERS, PRESIDENT OBAMA.

I THINK IT IS A GREAT REMINDER AND ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WE WANTED TO TELL THE STORY IS THAT IT'S A REMINDER THAT EVERY GENERATION HAS TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND EVEN THOUGH THEY FEEL LIKE THERE BETTER THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING LURKING AROUND THE CORNER THAT CAN CAUSE THE FIGHT TO START AGAIN.

>> I WAS GOING TO ADD, THE IMPETUS FOR THIS FILM WAS THE IDEA THAT THE DIRECTOR WHO IS JOE WINSTON WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMEONE ABOUT THE BATTLES THAT OBAMA WAS HAVING WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THEY SAID WELL ISN'T THIS TERRIBLE?

I THINK JOE IS SAYING THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

THIS IS NOT NEW IT'S NOT DIFFERENT LET ME TELL YOU A STORY AND HE WENT TO LOOK FOR A HAROLD WASHINGTON DOCUMENTARY AND THERE WAS NONE THAT'S WHAT KICKS THIS OFF.

>> SO HE MADE ONE, WITH THE TWO OF YOU AND OTHERS.

THE MOVIE ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATION ON CHICAGO POLITICS AND HOW IT WORKS.

MACHINE POLITICS AND THE ROLE OF REPUBLICANS.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT WERE PART OF THE MACHINE AND HAROLD WAS A PART OF THE MACHINE.

HIS FATHER WAS A PRIEST SO HE KNEW THE INSIDES OF IT IN YOU MIGHT SAY HE WAS IN IT BUT NOT OF IT AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GIVE PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLE, DICK MEL COMING FORWARD AND TELLING US HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT THEIR MOTIVATION WAS.

IT WAS CERTAINLY ABOUT RACE BUT IT WAS ALSO ABOUT POWER.

WE THINK WE GIVE A REALLY GOOD EDUCATION ABOUT THOSE TWO DYNAMICS OF CHICAGO WHO AT THAT TIME WAS THE EPICENTER.

>> SONYA JACKSON, IN 20 SECONDS, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE TIME, IF PEOPLE WANT TO WATCH THE MOVIE YOU HAVE TO WATCH MORE BUT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THE LEGACY THAT HAROLD WASHINGTON?

>> I THINK THE LEGACY IS SHOWING HOW TO ORGANIZE.

REACHING ACROSS THE TABLE AND WORKING TOGETHER AND BY BRINGING EVERYONE IN AND SUPPORTING EVERYONE YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> WELL SAID.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TWO SONYA JACKSON AND RAYMOND LAMBERT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUCCESS OF THE FILM.

>> STILL RUNNING THROUGH THE 24TH, VIRTUALLY.

>> GOOD TO KNOW.

>>> CHICAGO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN RETURNING TO THE STAGE INCLUDING THE JOFFREY BALLET.

OUR ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU GIVES US AN EXPERIENCE OF THE HOME AWAY FROM HOME THE LYRIC OPERA HOUSE.

>> THE JOFFREY BALLET RETURNS FOR HOME A CELEBRATION AS IT WELCOMES BACK COMPANY DANCERS AND INSTRUCTORS IT IS ALSO WELCOMING NEW CHOREOGRAPHERS INCLUDING CHANEL DASILVA.

AS ONE OF JOFFREY BALLET WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, THE NEW YORK ARTIST IS BACK WITH A DANCE EMBODIES AND OLD SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT.

NEXT I SAID WELL, WHAT IF I MAKE A PIECE BASED ON, NOT SO ON THE NOSE BUT BASED ON SWING LOW THIS CHARIOT THAT COMES DOWN INTERACTS WITH YOU AND SWEEPS YOU BACKUP INTO THE GREAT BEYOND.

>> CHANEL DASILVA REIMAGINED THAT WITH ANGELS.

>> IT BROUGHT ABOUT THE IDEA OF ANGELS AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WHERE DO ANGELS COME FROM AND DO THEY EXIST HERE ON EARTH ALL THE TIME OR ARE THEY HEAVENLY CREATURES THAT COME DOWN AND TRY TO INTERACT WITH HUMANS?

I TRIED TO CREATE THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUMAN.

>> SHE DESCRIBES THE ANGELS AS A MESSENGER GUIDING PEOPLE THROUGH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OR IN THIS CASE DANCER FERNANDO DUARTE.

>> THERE ARE ANGELS THAT COME ACROSS AND I FEEL THEM GUIDING AND PUSHING ME NUDGING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ASKED ME THE FIRST DAY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ANGEL OR WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU TO HAVE A GUARDIAN ANGEL AND I SAID YOU ARE MY GUARDIAN ANGEL BECAUSE YOU CAME AND YOU BROUGHT THIS PIECE WHICH IS A GIFT AND YOU SELECTED ME TO DANCE AND TELL THE STORY.THROUGH YOUR MOVEMENT, I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER.

>> CHANEL DASILVA DOES NOT EXPECT EVERYONE TO RECEIVE HER WORK IN THE SAME WAY.

>> FOR ME I DON'T WANT TO TELL THE AUDIENCE HOW TO FEEL OR WHAT MY STORY IS.

I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS VIA MY ART.

WHEN YOU WATCH SWING LOW THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WHICH I LOVE.

I FEEL LIKE MY JOB AS A CHOREOGRAPHER IS TO USE MY ART TO INVESTIGATE.

>> AS FOR HOME, A CELEBRATION AS A WHOLE, JOFFREY BALLET'S DIRECT OR TELLS ME THERE'S ONE MOMENT THAT HE'S MOST LOOKING TO FOR THE DANCERS TO RETURN TO STAGE.>> TO FEEL THE PEACE OF THE ORCHESTRA, THE PIECE OF THE PUBLIC AND WERE ALTOGETHER SHARING IN THIS PIECE OF DANCE IS PRETTY FROM THE HEART.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, I AM ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND, HOME, A CELEBRATION RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 24.THERE ARE MORE DETAILS ON THE WEBSITE.

>>> THE CHICAGO SKY HAS WON THE FRANCHISE'S FIRST VIEW NBA TITLE.

A KEY PART TWO THAT IS CANDACE PARKER.

SHE CAME BACK TO HER HOMETOWN AND THE SKY TO THE TOP RATE IN THIS WEEK'S LAST WORD WE VISITED THE PLACE WHERE PARKER BEGAN HER FORMER HIGH SCHOOL, NAPERVILLE CENTRAL.

>> SHE LEFT CHICAGO.

I THINK SHE REALLY WANTED TO COME BACK AND MAKE IT HAPPEN HERE.

FOR HER, WHERE IT ALL STARTED.

>> IT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT FOR CHICAGO IN GENERAL AND FOR CANDACE TO BE BACK IN HER HOMETOWN AND HELP WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR HER HOME TEAM.

SHE IS WELL KNOWN AND AN ALUMNI SO USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT SCHOOL I GO TO IF I PLAY BASKETBALL THEY SAY YOU KNOW CANDACE PARKER IT'S A REAL BECAUSE SHE GREW UP IN MY TOWN AND SHE WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOL I DID.

IT'S INSPIRING TO ME BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO GO AS FAR AS HER.

TO SEE HER WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, IT MADE ME EXCITED FOR HER BASKETBALL SEASON AND ANY THINK ABOUT HOW I CAN BE BETTER AS A PLAYER.

I FELT PROUD AS A TEAM AND A CITY AS A WHOLE.

>> CANDACE PARKER IS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS WOULD EVER HAD.

IT'S SO PHENOMENAL TO HAVE HER HERE.

ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS I'VE EVER SEEN LET ALONE COACH AND HER LOVE FOR BASKETBALL AND HER DESIRE TO WORK HARD IS A PRETTY THREE-PRONGED LEAP AND THAT'S WHERE SHE IS.

>> SHE KNOWS WHERE SHE COMES FROM AND SHE ENJOYS COMING BACK TO WATCH THE GIRLS PLAY.

>> TO SEE A GIRL FROM NEIGHBORS PHIL AND TO SEE HER WITH THE TEAM IT'S ALMOST PROUD TO SEE SOMEONE LIKE THAT WIN.

USUALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WATCH WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SO I THINK THAT CANDACE KIND OF LAID OUT THE BLUEPRINT FOR THAT AND GOT MORE PEOPLE INTO WATCHING WOMEN'S BASKETBALL.

>> I FEEL LIKE BEFORE IT WAS HARD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE WATCHES THE MEN'S LEAGUE BUT I FEEL LIKE WE CHICAGO BRINGING HOME THE BIG WIN WITH THE WOMEN'S TEAM I FEEL LIKE IT REALLY HELPED MAKE IT A BIGGER DEAL AROUND HERE.

>> I KNOW IT IS INSPIRING TO MY CURRENT PLAYERS FOR THEM TO SEE YOU CAN SET YOUR GOALS AND SEE YOUR DREAMS AND WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE THEM.

>> IT MOTIVATES ME TO DO MY BEST AND KNOW THAT HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN THE END.

OBVIOUSLY GOING UP AS A GIRL I WANT MY TALENT TO BE SHOWN AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE I AM A GIRL DOES NOT MEAN I CAN'T PLAY AT THAT LEVEL.

>> I THINK CANDACE INFLUENCES ME A LOT.

INCLUDING MY SISTER.

SHE CAME HERE TO PLAY BASKETBALL AS WELL.

SINCE SHE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BETTER FOR ME IN THE FUTURE SO I CAN PAY THE PATHWAY FOR ME AS WELL.

>> CANDACE PARKER IS NO STRANGER TO BEING ON TOP.

WHILE AT THE BRAZIL CENTRAL SHE LED THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2003 AND 2004.

SHE WAS ALSO CHOSEN AS GATORADE'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR, NOT JUST ONCE BUT TWICE.

>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE, WTTW.com/NEWS FOR THE VERY LATEST IN WTTW NEWS INCLUDING WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE MAYORS BUDGET WHICH FACES A FULL CITY COUNCIL VOTE THIS WEEK.

>>> IF YOU WATCH US ON SATURDAY NIGHT YOU CAN CATCH BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES BEGINNING ON SUNDAY.

JOIN ME AND PARIS SCHUTZ NEXT WEEK AT 7:00 ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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