Ant Farm, Chicago, Image Union
…ing for Pope John Paul II’s motorcade. They walk down Milwaukee Ave. talking to spectators who are waving Polish flags and selling memorabilia. They pass by a Liberty Bank sign with a message in Polish, and eat Polish sausages. The parade begins, and in true Chicago fashion, the Irish are well-represented, as are politicians, including long-time Alderman Roman Pucinski. The film closes with a still shot of the Pope passing by. 24:03 Image U… Continue reading →
Black, Chicago, Communities, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Studs Terkel
…mplification of sound, making a small band possible, but with the small band he could play the funky, down home Polish folk music, which is what the people of Chicago really wanted to hear.” Video and photographs of Lil Wally. 40:57 Video of a master of ceremonies on stage: “Let’s hear it for Eddie Blazonczyk!” Blazonczyk begins a set. Ramis introduces the segment with photographs of Blazonczyk in his youth. Eddie Blazoncz… Continue reading →
Global Perspectives on War and Peace, Global Village, Video Makers Choice
…a ruling clique. It would be good if Cracow’s streets and squares were given back the old names, not ones imposed from the East. We have many of our own leaders – Polish patriots – and in their memory, these places should have returned their original names.” 3:04 “Lenin was a revolutionary. He destroyed capitalism. But Lenin said to the nation: if Communism could not prove itself in 50 years, he would recall it…. Continue reading →
American Way, Black, Communities, Politics, THE 90's, Viewers Choice
…ments on how the Secret Service keeps the President out of question-answer scenarios. Bush is introduced at the Polish National Alliance, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m most privileged to introduce our number one freedom farter—fighter—and the most popular American in Poland…” Chicago Tribune White House Correspondent Ellen Warren sports her one-eyed telescope, “Sometimes we’re kept so far away that the… Continue reading →
…ate, that she basically won over the prison staff.” Luxemburg also grappled with her Jewish identity, her Polish identity, her female identity. “She saw herself more as a human being that transcended, in some ways, any of those limitations.” 37:08 Luxemburg writing about Lenin. She believes he is wrong. “Without a free exchange of opinions life dies out and only bureaucracy remains active.” She says, “Freedom i… Continue reading →
…rs, and gang leaders worked all day to keep the peace. They learned that the killings were the result of a love triangle, not gang turf fights. Commander Robert Guthrie knew that it was critical to get the facts out quickly. Watkins said that before the truce, the killings would have resulted in an all-out gang war. 20:24 Senque says that this year, he can walk to school without fear. He thinks the gang truce has been more important than the incr… Continue reading →
Chicago, Image Processing, Roots of Video
…to color conversion. This is controlled by a program he wrote. He demonstrates a transfer function. He makes a triangle wave perform two cycles. The green number is programmed to perform four cycles. And he encodes the blue memory to perform six cycles. 26:51 Title Card: Wandawega Waters. B-roll of lake Wandawgea. Dan Sandin narrates saying this is where he grew up. Abstract reflections in the water. Some of the images are manipulated through hi… Continue reading →
American Way, Chicago, Tom Palazzolo, Video Makers Choice
An early film by Tom Palazzolo and Jeff Kreines. The two filmmakers use the style of direct cinema to film the Italian/Polish backyard wedding shower of a young couple, Ricky and Rocky. The pair show off their wedding gifts and guests and relatives express their approval of the shower to the filmmakers…. Continue reading →