[Harold Washington’s Funeral]
Footage of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington’s funeral and procession.
01:00 Shots of performers at the 1982 Chicago Kool Jazz Festival. 02:10 Willie Dixon takes the stage at the Chicago Blues Festival. 03:10 A man reclining on a picnic blanket in Grant Park reminisces about seeing Muddy Waters perform in 1969. “He had everybody dancing in the aisles and on the grass and on the benches. They wouldn’t let him go home. It was way after midnight.” 09:08 White Sox fans celebrate a Western Division championship win in 1983. 14:15 […]
Samples of Bill Stamets’ political campaign footage. Includes “Primary Visibility,” footage of the 1992 New Hampshire primary shot for THE 90’s; a brief excerpt of “Iowa & Its Presidents,” about the 1988 Caucus; and another excerpt from “The Super-8 Chronicles of Harold Washington” (aka Chicago Politics: A Theatre of Power”). The latter two were as aired on Image Union.
Footage shot by Bill Stamets leading up to the 1995 mayoral election. In the first segment, Mayor Daley addresses the crowd at a ceremony and press conference in honor of the live “Pocahontas” show in Chicago. In the second, mayoral challengers Ray Wardingley, Roland Burris, and Lawrence Redmond participate in a panel hosted by the Chicago Urban League.
Reports on Ed Vrdolyak’s last minute write-in campaign in the Republican primary for mayor of Chicago: 2/28, 3/1, 3/2, and 3/3/1989.
As the 1989 mayoral election approaches in Chicago, this segment takes a look at the political consultants or “spin doctors,” who influence local campaigns, including ? Zimmerman, Don Rose, and David Axelrod.
A report on the uproar over a portrait of the late Mayor Harold Washington wearing women’s underwear in a student art show at the Art Institute of Chicago.
CHA residents accuse the Harold Washington administration of requiring them to register voters in order to receive city employment.