11/9/23: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: “Incident” with Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven
A virtual screening/discussion with media artist Bill Morrison with journalist and activist Jamie Kalven.
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10/26/23: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: Nick DeMartino
Join us for a virtual screening/discussion with early video pioneer Nick DeMartino, moderated by film scholar/filmmaker Carmine Grimaldi.
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10/25/23: Catalyst screening + Q&A
In person at UChicago’s Doc Films: preview screening of in-progress film Catalyst, followed by q&a with director Dave Steck, subject Duro Wicks, and Media Burn’s Sara Chapman.
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10/14/23: Country and Midwestern: Part 2, Who Was Win Stracke?
A discussion and screening of the history of folk music in Chicago celebrating the life and legacy of Win Stracke through conversation, musical performances, and screening of archival material from Media Burn.
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10/13/23: “The Politics of Intimacy” screening + Q&A with filmmaker Julie Gustafson
Join Media Burn and the University of Chicago Film Studies Center for an in-person screening of one of our favorite documentaries, Julie Gustafson’s foundational feminist masterpiece The Politics of Intimacy, followed by a virtual q&a with Julie.
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10/12/23: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: “The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt’s Monument to Ida B. Wells”
Preview screening/discussion of upcoming doc “The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt’s Monument to Ida B. Wells” with filmmakers Rana Segal & Laurie Little.
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9/28/23: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: The Work of Video Preservation
A chat and demonstration with archivists from Media Burn and Visual Studies Workshop about how to preserve videotapes.
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9/14/23: Virtual Talks with Video Activists: “The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story” with special guest Robert Feder
Hour-long preview screening and discussion with filmmaker Pamela Pulice and journalist Robert Feder.