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  Redwood Summer, 1990

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  For this year’s Earth Day, we take a look back to the year 1990, when thousands of activists congregated in various bases throughout California’s redwood forests as part of the large scale anti-deforestation protest known as Redwood Summer. The event involved various forms of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience, including protesters sitting in front of bulldozers or chaining themselves to trees as well as legal motions for court injunctions against the logging of old growth forests. Redwood Summer sparked conflict […]

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  Money Man: a monument to the American Way

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  Tax day is upon us, and we thought it was a great time to revisit artist Doug Michels’ (1943-2003) project “Money Man Monument” (1991). Michels proposed the installation of a 23-foot-tall Money Man on the National Mall alongside memorials to American icons like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, calling it “a permanent tribute to green power and the American way.” It also features the contributions of two more of our close friends, Joe Angio (camera) and Tony Judge (actor). You […]

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  Roger Ebert (1942-2013)

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  We cannot begin to articulate the sadness that Chicago is feeling today after the loss of one of our greats, Roger Ebert. By now there are innumerable tributes; we particularly recommend you read Robert Feder and Rick Kogan. Here’s Roger at his best in 1999, reminiscing about drinking with Mike Royko as a young kid fresh out of Urbana, Illinois, and reading Royko’s review of “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.” It’s a portrait of Chicago journalism that we deeply […]

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  Easter in Cabrini, 1981

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  In 1981, Mayor Jane Byrne decided to address criticisms of her administration’s handing of public housing by moving in to the Cabrini Green housing projects. Her brief stay culminated in an Easter celebration featuring gospel music, an Easter egg hunt, and carnival rides. Some Cabrini residents were not happy to be used as a publicity stunt and staged a small protest. This video shot by Tom Weinberg and Tom Finerty shows the festivities and the quick arrests of the peaceful […]

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  3/22/13: Join us at Nelson Algren’s birthday party!

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  March 22, 4:39PM: 9,997,761 We’re still on track to hit 10 million views to our YouTube channel this weekend. Where will we be celebrating? At the 24th annual Nelson Algren birthday party. Tom and Sara will be showing our classic 1975 video with Studs and Algren, plus a short video surprise! (Hint: it features Richie Daley.) Tom Palazzolo is this year’s Algren award recipient, and the night will be full of entertainment. Nelson Algren Birthday Party Saturday, March 23 at 8PM […]

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  Watch us hit 10 million views!

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  9,993,132 This is the total views of Media Burn’s YouTube channel as of 4:55PM CDT, March 20th, 2013. We’ve been thrilled with the overwhelming response from people around the world since we created our channel in 2007. We have almost 3,000 subscribers and our videos are part of frequent discourse, receiving more than 22,000 comments. It looks like we will hit 10 million views on Sunday, March 24! Celebrate 10 million with us by sharing this email with your friends, and by joining […]

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  Spring training is here!

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  We had a productive week thanks to our five University of Michigan School of Information graduate students. We have a lot to tell you about… coming soon! We also had a great time sharing our experiences with our colleagues at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference last weekend in Chicago. Plus, our video projections at the Screen Test party at Gallery 400 were a hit! Tom Colley, Sara Chapman, Carolyn Faber, Nancy Watrous Now, off to Florida 1978, where […]

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  Next week at Media Burn… plus tigers!

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  It’s going to be a busy week at Media Burn! We are honored and pleased to be participating for our fourth year in the University of Michigan School of Information’s Alternative Spring Break Program. UMSI’s accomplished students volunteer for spring break internships at nonprofit and government institutions in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Washington, D.C. Five graduate students will be spending next week at Media Burn, lending us their technical expertise, creativity, and energy to improve our ability to serve […]