Royko At His Best
Some of the newspaper columns written by Mike Royko are reenacted, parodied, and read live on stage!
Some of the newspaper columns written by Mike Royko are reenacted, parodied, and read live on stage!
Watch the pilot episode for the wild and whimsical Chicago talk show entitled, “The Cheap Show”!
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.
As Joe Biden is set to be inaugurated on January 20th, Media Burn is highlighting a 1992 interview with the former Senator.
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.
A film by Tom Palazzolo and Mark Rance documenting neo-Nazi activity in the Marquette Park neighborhood of Chicago on August 21, 1976. The day marked one of many conflicts between black civil rights marchers and white supremacist neighborhood groups who were mobilizing to prevent black residents from moving into the neighborhood.