Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Processing, Image Union, Roots of Video
…lains about his hatred for his job and decides to quit. He meets some giant creatures who heave orange boulders and finds he cannot do their job. He then meets a man who thinks up complicated mathematical formulas, but cannot do this job either. Neither can he push rocks under water. He finally meets someone who cannot do his job, so he realizes how important it is for him to do it. 42:53 Scenes from “Making it in Hollywood” by Frank… Continue reading →
American Way, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video
…e doesn’t have time to get his route done. He is depressed by the fact that every day his job is the same and that every day there will be more garbage. Barney says he was born in LA, and he used to be a garbage man there. 13:59 Driving around Chicago behind truck with music. Barney does more voice over as we see his route. He says that if he just works hard enough, he doesn’t have time to think about his life. He also talks about his… Continue reading →
American Way, None of the Above, Politics, Video Makers Choice
…oy Murphy of the KKK says that the KKK always votes, because it’s one way of legally making change. 57:35 Frank Repass from New Orleans says he’s no radical liberal, but he’s comfortable living where black people live, and that he doesn’t have much tolerance for racism. 58:00 Frank’s wife Cindy describes her husband as a hard worker. Courtney Wilson, an attorney, says Frank is “spiritually large, he embraces al… Continue reading →
Anda Korsts, Chicago, Communities, Latinx
…Opening shot of front office of the State of Illinois Department of Labor in Logan Square/Avondale (at Belmont and California). Title card: “The Unemployment Line.” 00:40 Inside the offices: “It is a birthplace for confusion…” Unemployed man explains the dynamics of the office and the varieties of people inside. “I am at the pinnacle of absolute desperation or I would not be here.” 2:48 Harvey Richardson… Continue reading →
…n” from a power company extolling the virtues of the three nuclear power plants near Chicago. 05:30 Black and white footage of anti-nuclear activists marching in Chicago, 1979. Marvin Israel and other activists speak to the camera man about the damage they fear will be done through the use of nuclear power. 08:14 At the march, Joyce Stoller from Citizens Against Nuclear Power and Dr. Quentin Young makes speeches. 09:47 Valjean McLenighan in… Continue reading →
…a Living: Paper Wagon.” Some truck workers crack jokes. 1:31 One of them talks about unloading the trucks and what the day is like. A truck arrives, and the workers unload bundles of newspaper. 2:10 “I drive the truck, I don’t load it… I’ve been in this business for 25 years and I’ve hated every day of it.” “There is no good job in the world. I don’t care what kind of job you got.” He do… Continue reading →
Chicago, Performance, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll
00:00 Bars and tone. 02:20 Opening sequence for the pilot episode of The Chicago Entertainment Connection. 02:50 Linda Mensch introduces the show. 03:40 The Way Moves’ “Culture Culture” video is shown. 08:15 Mensch interviews Way Moves’ manager Peter Katsis. He talks about the “new music” trend, and discusses some of the duties of a manager. He tells of finding the Way Moves and talks about the struggle to get the group onto a major label. He sa… Continue reading →
Black, Chicago, Communities, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice
…er Ben Filipelli (his position seems to be low-level management) shows how a mail order is processed, packaged, and delivered through several departments in the facility. He uses a nearby employee, Jeannette Walker, to illustrate a sample work flow, talking about her as if she is not there. Skip Blumberg and Jane Aaron attempt to interview Walker, but she is unwilling to be very vocal in the presence of her boss. 4:57 On the floor with the worker… Continue reading →