4/1/21: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Walk With Frank
April 1: virtual screening/discussion with the filmmakers behind the upcoming documentary, Walk with Frank. Continue reading
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3/11/21: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: DeeDee Halleck
March 11: virtual screening/discussion with Paper Tiger TV and Deep Dish Satellite network founder DeeDee Halleck. Continue reading
2/25/21: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Julia Lesage
Feb 25: Virtual screening/discussion with filmmaker and scholar Julia Lesage, moderated by Salomé Skivirsky. Continue reading
2/11/21: Digitizing Your Personal Videos Workshop
From the 1980s to the 2010s, consumer-grade videotape and cameras were made available, and millions of people shot many hours of footage – from birthday celebrations to family vacations to their own home epics. This material is, in many homes, trapped on these old tapes, which now often reside in closets, basements, and storage bins, with no easy way to view them. In this workshop, Dan Erdman, video archivist at Media Burn, will show you how to best care for … Continue reading
2/11/21: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Franklin López
2/11/21: screening/discussion with filmmaker Franklin López, moderated by Stephen Charbonneau. Continue reading
1/28/21: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: The End of the Nightstick
Jan 28: Join Media Burn and the original filmmakers for a screening of The End of the Nightstick, a 1993 film documenting police brutality in Chicago. Continue reading
Streaming 11/27-12/17: LINCOLN IS CRYING Documentary
LINCOLN IS CRYING: The Grifters, Grafters & Governors of Illinois is a scathing indictment of politics in the “Land of Lincoln”…and it’s funny too. The new award-winning documentary (Best Documentary Winner at the 2020 Colorado International Activism Film Festival) from filmmakers John Davies and Brian Kallies presents a humorous yet poignant look at the pervasive, deep-rooted culture of political corruption in Illinois. Why focus on Illinois? Well, it’s the most corrupt state in America and home to Chicago, the most corrupt city in … Continue reading
12/3/20: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: South Side Home Movie Project with Ashley O’Shay
December 3: screening and discussion with the South Side Home Movie Project and filmmaker Ashley O’Shay. Continue reading
