Home » Arts & Culture (Page 65)

• 

  El Crucero (English)

  Communities, Image Processing, International, Julia Lesage, Latinx, Politics, War and Peace

  In September 1984, director Julia Lesage visited a coffee plantation with Nicaraguan camerawomen, Amina Luna and Miriam Carrero, and organizers from the ATC, the Nicaraguan salaried farm workers’ union. El Crucero gives an in-depth picture of that farm. The tape is organized in four “movements,” each in a different documentary style, to capture different aspects of life and politics on that farm. The use of different documentary styles provokes a reflection on how the US media convey information about other countries and cultures.

• 

  Troubadours

  Chuck Kleinhans, Communities, International, Julia Lesage, Latinx, Performance, War and Peace

  Troubadours presents a musical performance by the Nicaraguan folk singing group, Camayoc, which means “messenger” in Nahuatl, the language of ancient indigenous people in Central America. Groupo Camayoc taped this performance with Julia Lesage and Chuck Kleinhans outdoors in Estelí, Nicaragua, in September 1987. They play both their own songs and those of Carlos Mejía Godoy and Pablo Milanés.

• 

  No Traffic (Part 2 of 2)

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Performance

  Performance artists stage an action called “No Traffic” in the middle of a construction site in Montreal and are arrested. Footage continues from tape 15280.

• 

  No Traffic 1 of 2

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Performance

  Performance artists stage an action called “No Traffic” in the middle of a construction site on St. Lawrence Blvd. in Montreal.

• 

  Five day bicycle race, part 5

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  A documentary made at and about the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City, which was produced as a live 3-hour cablecast for five days during the convention. It was subsequently broadcast on WTTW and other PBS stations. It chronicles the events on in and around the convention, and includes interviews with various delegates, politicians, members of the media, and people connected to Jimmy Carter, including Rosalynn Carter and Jeff Carter (Jimmy’s son). It also includes footage from the convention floor, and demonstrators outside the convention, led by Ron Kovic.

• 

  Five day bicycle race, Part 3

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, Outside Agitators, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  A documentary made at and about the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City, which was produced as a live 3-hour cablecast for five days during the convention. It was subsequently broadcast on WTTW and other PBS stations. It chronicles the events on in and around the convention, and includes interviews with various delegates, politicians, members of the media, and people connected to Jimmy Carter, including Rosalynn Carter and Jeff Carter (Jimmy’s son). It also includes footage from the convention floor, and demonstrators outside the convention, led by Ron Kovic.

• 

  Frankie Knuckles brought a Chicago sound to the world

  Blog, Chicago, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  A pioneering legend of Chicago house music has died. Here’s a short excerpt from Greg Kot’s excellent obituary in the Chicago Tribune: Frankie Knuckles, who died Monday at age 59 in Chicago, was not just the “godfather” of Chicago house music. He was a pioneer in the way he cultivated a culture, a sound and a community around dance music that decades later encompasses the world. Now DJs such as Skrillex, Tiesto, Deadmau5 and Afrojack can fill stadiums internationally as […]

• 

  House Music in Chicago

  Chicago, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Opening night at the Power House in October 1986 featuring Frankie Knuckles and J.M. Silk.