Circle 9 Sunrise / Reflections
This is a reel consisting of Barbara Sykes’ live performance of “Circle 9 Sunrise” (1976) and the work “Reflections” (1976) made with the Sandin Image Processor.
This is a reel consisting of Barbara Sykes’ live performance of “Circle 9 Sunrise” (1976) and the work “Reflections” (1976) made with the Sandin Image Processor.
A documentary about Chicago’s Maxwell Street Market, created by Tom Palazzolo with students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN presents the life and times of Mary Ellen St. Aubin, a woman small in stature who lived large. She and her husband, Parnell St. Aubin–one of the original Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz–were in show business for much of their lives, until they retired to run the legendary Midget Club on Chicago’s South Side.
An impressionistic view of the 1968 Democratic National Convention featuring appearances by Abbie Hoffman, Alan Ginsburg, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Hubert Humphrey, and others. This version of the film is distinct from other edits, including the other version in the Media Burn collection. This version also contains several minutes of silent footage shot for the film as well as a short film made on the day of the final game played at Comiskey Park, the home of the Chicago White Sox.
Aaron Sorkin’s recent film, The Trial of the Chicago 7, has revived interest in the historical events which took place in Chicago between 1968 and 1970. During the entire trial between September 1969 and February 1970, seven of the eight defendants (Bobby Seale had been removed from the trial and left Chicago) gathered as a complete group only twice. The following video is a documentation of one of those two occurrences. R.G. Davis, founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, […]
The news media chronicles the political rise, reign, and fall of Mayor “Lady Jane” Byrne.
A news crew takes the viewer on a trip through the 47th Ward of Chicago – and into the inner workings of the Democratic Party’s “political machine” that was run by Ed Kelly.