…ators protesting at the event being arrested by undercover police officers, and the other police confrontations after the arrests began. It continues as the protesters go to the police station to see those arrested. 37:11 An ad for a contest to win free Chicago White Sox tickets from Watch It!. 37:41. Commercial for Gold Coast Dogs. 38:16 A parody of a mayoral campaign commercial. 39:12 An excerpt from the “Vito Marzullo,” a 1978 doc… Continue reading →
Global Perspectives on War and Peace
…sky and anti-aircraft guns can be heard in the background. 05:30 Bernard Shaw continues speaking with Holliman after visiting the bomb shelter in the Al-Rashad hotel in which they are staying. 07:26 Jaco returns, air sirens are sounding, feed cuts at 7:55. 08:03 Rather reiterates that it is unknown if American forces in bases around Dahran were under attack from an air-strike. 08:55 Shaw states that the T.V. tower of which they report is no long… Continue reading →
…eing introduced. Tryneski reads off a proclamation from Mayor Richard M. Daley declaring that the following day after the event will officially be Mike Royko Day in Chicago. He then introduces Studs Terkel, who is the M.C. for the night. 02:07 Terkel takes the podium and breaks the ice with a few jokes. He then begins to talk about Royko’s importance in the print world. “And I was thinking, school marms, old time school marms teach us… Continue reading →
…ng with Bob. Veeck. 24:19 1985 Veeck: A Man For Any Season. Portraits. 29:10 1977 The Overnight Man. 32:10 1978 Vito Marzullo. 35:29 1980 Rostenkowski. 37:09 1999 The Other M.J. Outlets. 40:48 1981 This is a Test opening. 41:24 1983 The Chicago Channel opening. 42:21 1997 Channel 500 promo. TNT Shows. 44:22 1985 Once A Star with Sweetwater Clifton and Mark Fidrych. 46:13 1984 Punchline. 47:16 1986 Bozo 25th Anniversary Special opening. Politics…. Continue reading →
…phasizes how quickly projects can be put together, as the documentary was completed in January 1978, mere weeks after this memo was drafted. Below is a clip from the documentary, which can be seen in its entirety here. Raw footage is also available on the Media Burn website. Or buy the brand new dvd from Tribeca Film Institute. This is an editing plan from the making of “Vito,” a documentary about Vito Marzullo, former Chicago alderman. Compar… Continue reading →
…are captured for posterity. Local politics is a particular strength, featuring the lives and times of Alderman Vito Marzullo; Congressmen Rahm Emanuel and Dan Rostenkowski; Senators Barack Obama and Carol Moseley-Braun; Governors Jim Edgar, George Ryan, and Rod Blagojevich; Mayors Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, Eugene Sawyer, David Orr, and Richard J. and Richard M. Daley; and many more. It features activist leaders like Jesse Jackson, Father Mi… Continue reading →
…y. Then there’s our content which preserves Chicago’s larger-than-life personalities: Studs Terkel, Bill Veeck, Vito Marzullo, among others. We point to these and say: Look, see, this is our history. Personally, I think Media Burn is preserving the birth of social media activism (think camcorders), but it’s difficult to give you a good sense of our entire collection. We don’t know what’s really on our tapes until after they’ve been digitized. Al… Continue reading →
…ontains a particularly comprehensive documentation of local politics, featuring the lives and times of Alderman Vito Marzullo; Congressman Rahm Emanuel; Congressman Dan Rostenkowski; Senator Carol Moseley-Braun; Governors Jim Edgar and George Ryan; mayors Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, and Richard J. and Richard M. Daley; and many more. The footage in this collection, produced by passionate independent observers, provides a rare and valuable coun… Continue reading →