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  Keep County Open

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Latinx, Outside Agitators, Politics

  A documentary about the efforts of staff and of community activists to keep Cook County Hospital from being shut down. Cook County Hospital workers rally on October 13, 1979 at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago.

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  [CamNet on Independent Eye]

  1992 Election, Black, Chicago, Nancy Cain, Performance, Politics, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, THE 90's, Videomakers

  Judith Binder and Nancy Cain introduce an episode of CamNet on KCET’s Independent Eye.

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  Jimmy Walker 1978 Performance at Elsewhere

  Arts & Culture, Black

  Video recording of Jimmy Walker’s 1978 performance at Elsewhere blues club in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, shot in black and white.

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  Speakin’ of the Blues: Larry Hoffman

  Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Performance

  Barry Dolins interviews Larry Hoffman on his Blues composition, accompanied by a performance of the composition from the New Millenium Orchestra String Quartet.

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  [Benson Hedges Blues Fest, tape 1]

  Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Performance

  Performances and interviews from the Benson Hedges Blues Fest captured by Barry Dolins.

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  [4/01 – The Bart Hawley Show in Chicago – Blue Chicago + Barry Dolins Iview]

  Arts & Culture, Black, Chicago, Communities, Events, Performance

  An episode of the Bart Hawley Show that explores Blues in Chicago with a performance by Willie Kent and an interview with Barry Dolins.

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  Toni Morrison on the founding of America, 1978

  Black, Blog, Julie Gustafson, Outside Agitators, Politics

  With voting day upon us, we’re besieged with campaign ads and news reports about the future of our local and national governments. With all this focus on the immediate future, it behooves us to also think about the past, about the path that led America to this point and the lessons that we can learn from our past mistakes. Few can teach us more than Toni Morrison about this country’s psyche and about its unspoken traumas that resonate across generations. […]

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  [Toni Morrison 5]

  Arts & Culture, Black, CLIR, Global Village, Guerrilla Television, John Reilly, Julie Gustafson

  An interview with author Toni Morrison in 1979 about her life, work, and philosophy.