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| 20th Century Project: Studs Terkel |
| Description: An interview with Studs Terkel for the 20th Century Project series. Terkel and the interviewer discuss his career progression, from his early days in radio and television up to his work as a writer with the Works Progress Administration. The two also talk MORE... |
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30 min. |
1994-12-14 |
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| A Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel |
| Description: This tape documents the Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel held at the Chicago Cultural Center on January 30, 2009. Over four hundred people gathered for this occasion to pay tribute to Terkel's life and work. Studs' close friends, admirers, and coll MORE... |
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120 min. |
2009-01-30 |
Mirko Popadic |
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| A Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel, 10-minute version |
| Description: This tape features a ten minute edited version of the Studs Terkel memorial service that took place on January 30, 2009 at the Chicago Cultural Center. The video offers a brief summary of the night, highlighting some of the stand out moments of the event. MORE... |
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10 min. |
2009-01-30 |
Mirko Popadic |
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| A Conversation with Studs Terkel |
| Description: Two ten minute interviews with Studs Terkel.
0:00 Jill Dougherty does brief introduction to Studs Terkel.
0:45 Commercial hole.
0:54 Dougherty questions Terkel on why his newest book is entitled "American Dreams: Lost and Found," rather than refe MORE... |
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22 min. |
1980-09-24 |
David Thompson |
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27 min |
1993-02-10 |
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| Anna Deavere Smith in conversation with Studs Terkel |
| Description: A videorecording of a live event featuring Studs Terkel and Anna Deavere Smith in conversation at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago. It originally aired on Chicago Municipal Television, Channel 49.
0:00 Open on the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium stag MORE... |
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60 min. |
2000 |
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| Artbeat Chicago, episode 404 |
| Description: In this episode of Artbeat Chicago, the renovation and renewal of the Chicago Theater district is discussed, a young actress playing the role of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson is profiled, a throng of classic black art is showcased in the downtown gallery MORE... |
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28 min. |
1999-10-07 |
Geoffrey Baer |
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| Berkeley In The Sixties |
| Description: Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. An early promo for a feature documentary. The tape mainly consists of historical footage and interview clips with key players in the political movement at UC-Berkeley in the 1960s.
00:20 T MORE... |
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12 min. |
[1990?] |
Mark Kitchell |
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| Bookmark, episode 203 |
| Description: Host Lewis Lapham conducts a round table discussion with oral historian Studs Terkel and author Paul Fussell on the subject of World War II. Fussell had just written a book about WWII entitled Wartime.
00:00 The video begins with a countdown a MORE... |
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28 min. |
1989-12-21 |
Richard Kilberg |
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| Chicago politics: A Theatre Of Power |
| Description: Collection of revealing scenes of various Chicago politicians. The film focuses mainly on mayors and mayoral candidates of the 1980s including Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, Edward "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak, and Thomas Hynes. In true Chicago style, the loomi MORE... |
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88 min. |
1987-04-30 |
Bill Stamets |
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| Chicago Slices, episode 9311 |
| Description: Episode 9311 of the show featuring everyday Chicagoans.
1:22 Open w/ Studs Terkel: "Chicago is a city of hands. See this hand I got? Hand is an old fashioned word for working people, working men, working women. Chicago is a city of hands."
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28 min. |
1993-08-05 |
Thomas Weinberg,
Joel Cohen |
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| Chicago Tonight, episode #15036 |
| Description: A 1997 interview with Studs Terkel on Chicago Tonight. John Callaway interviews Terkel on Labor Day. The two talk about Terkel's impending retirement from radio, the importance of history, and the effects of the technological age on society.
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27 min. |
1997-09-01 |
Jessica Zoller |
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| Cities: Studs Terkel's Chicago |
| Description: 00:00 Bars and tone.
00:40 Studs Terkel relates an anecdote about meeting a woman in Italy and telling her he's from Chicago. She replies, "Oh, I know Chicago - Bang, bang, bang!" (Referring to Chicago's history of gangsters.) Terkel tells us that C MORE... |
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51 min. |
1979 |
John McGreevy,
Pat Ferns |
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| Common Ground |
| Description: An episode of the show "Common Ground," hosted by Warner Saunders with guest Studs Terkel. They discuss social issues, pitting Terkel's optimism against Saunders' realism.
00:00 Terkel discusses his youth and education, the civil rights era, his boo MORE... |
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53 min. |
1977-09-01 |
Frank Jackson |
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| Common Ground, episode 22-95 |
| Description: Studs Terkel appears on an October 1995 episode of Common Ground. Terkel is interviewed by Monroe Anderson. Interview topics include: the O.J. Simpson murder trial, the death penalty, race relations in America, and Terkel's newest book entitled Coming MORE... |
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22 min. |
1995-10-04 |
Hope Kavoosi,
Monroe Anderson |
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| Dovie Thurman, A Conversation with Studs Terkel |
| Description: Dovie Thurman, community organizer & the "heart" of Uptown speaks with Studs Terkel about her work as a civil rights and welfare rights activist in a North Side Chicago neighborhood. Produced just one month before Thurman died of heart failure on April 7, MORE... |
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53 min. |
1997-03-06 |
Chicago Video Project,
Community TV Network,
Community Media Workshop |
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| Edge, episode #107 |
| Description: Studs Terkel discusses his new book, "Race" and some of the most compelling stories he's heard in his career of documenting oral history. He tells these stories with the backdrop of related video footage of the world of work, the Great Depression, W MORE... |
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9 min. |
1997-03-28 |
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| Five Minutes With Studs Terkel |
| Description: "Five Minutes With Studs Terkel," presented by the Loyola University Department of Communication. An edited piece that explores Terkel's thoughts on oral history and the country's inclination to forget the past.
00:00 Tape begins with a black screen le MORE... |
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6 min. |
1990-09-10 |
Loyola University Chicago |
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| Hail to the Cook |
| Description: This color film lavishes praise on the cooks and pastry chefs of the Empire Room at the Palmer House, and was written and narrated by Studs Terkel.
00:00 Black.
00:02 Opening credits.
00:12 The piece opens with a shot of three to four cooks at wo MORE... |
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22 min. |
1964 |
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| I Remember, episode #114 |
| Description: A 2002 Milwaukee Public Television produced series "I Remember" featuring a half hour interview with Studs Terkel. Jim Peck interviews Terkel on location in Chicago.
00:00 Tape begins with a black screen.
00:15 An MPTV graphic rolls before the progr MORE... |
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29 min. |
2002 |
Jane Bieterman |
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