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  “This is what makes documentary so great”

  Blog

  None of this would be possible without your support. Please donate today. This summer, many of you joined us at South Side Community Art Center, where we reunited documentary subject Michael Johnson with producer Tom Weinberg, 17 years after they first met at the United Center. It was an incredible opportunity to screen and discuss “The Other M.J.” (1999), produced with Skip Blumberg, a sensitive and insightful look at the difficult realities of getting by in America. Here’s what they […]

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  [Burt Natarus proposes historic status for Gold Coast]

  Chicago, Politics

  Ald. Burt Natarus speaks with WBBM-TV about a proposal to designate a portion of his ward in the Gold Coast as a historic district in order to limit the height of buildings constructed in the future.

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  [John Stroger campaign commercial with Richard M. Daley]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Politics

  John Stroger re-election campaign ad for Cook County Board President featuring Mayor Richard M. Daley.

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  [Rostenkowski 1994 re-election campaign]

  Chicago, Politics

  News report on Dan Rostenkowski’s unusual re-election campaign of 1994, after making his first campaign appearance in Evanston 13 days before the election.

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  [Sun-Times endorses Rostenkowski over Flanagan]

  Chicago, Politics

  News report on the fact that, despite major objections and not endorsing him in the primary, the Chicago Sun-Times chose to endorse incumbent Democrat Dan Rostenkowski over challenger Michael Flanagan in the race for Rostenkowski’s long-held House seat.

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  [Mayor Richard M. Daley presents key to city of Chicago to Lech Walesa]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Politics

  At a rally at Daley Plaza celebrating the Chicago visit by Polish Solidarity leader and President Lech Walesa, Mayor Richard M. Daley welcomes Lech Walesa to the city of Chicago and presents him with a key to the city. Daley is introduced by Chicago Federation of Labor President Bob Healy.

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  [Dan Rostenkowski speaks about Lech Walesa]

  Chicago, Politics

  At a rally at Daley Plaza celebrating the Chicago visit by Polish Solidarity leader and President Lech Walesa, Congressman Dan Rostenkowski welcomes Lech Walesa to the city of Chicago. Rostenkowski is introduced by Governor Jim Thompson.

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  A stunning portrait of a lost community

  Blog

  This week, we’re continuing our series of videos that celebrate Media Burn’s upcoming ten year anniversary with another peek at the hard working people who make Media Burn possible. Video Cataloger/Digitizer Andrew Seeder reflects on his 18 month-long experience watching hundreds of hours of videos: “It was the everyday life of the community that came across during those hours, and that’s exactly the kind of thing we’re going to be most interested in 50 years, 60 years, 100 years from […]