![[Rostenkowski raw #110]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653863612_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. In this tape, Senator Adelai Stevenson III talks about Rostenkowski’s power in Chicago politics. The crew has an extremely engaging discussion with Senator Stevenson about a number of different issues having to do with the general state of politics in the U.S.
A composite of episodes of Lanesville TV, which was broadcast every Saturday night in Lanesville, New York to residents of a few small towns in the Catskills. The show had a lighthearted community focus, and featured segments on local events and people.
![[Studs on a Soapbox raw: Skip #2]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/studs-on-a-soapbox-raw-skip-2-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
Continuation raw for Studs on a Soapbox (Skip’s camera). Producer Tom Weinberg interviews Studs Terkel at his home and at Bughouse Square, a park that hosted a free-speech forum during Terkel’s youth.
Documentary about the death of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. The film started out as a simple portrait of Hampton and features lots of footage of his powerful speeches. However, in 1969, Hampton was murdered in his bed at the Panther headquarters by the Chicago police. The event was extremely controversial as the police and the Black Panthers told drastically different versions of the events. The film became instrumental in proving the Panthers’ story that the police broke in to headquarters without warning and killed Hampton without resistance.
![[Halsted Street TV Show: Dragan performance]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/634183698_640-228x160.jpg)
The Halsted Street TV Show was a video project started by Tom Weinberg and Scott Jacobs. At a storefront on Halsted Street in Chicago, independent videomakers and artists held screenings and discussions of their work. Tonight features a live performance by Yugoslavian performance artist The Great Dragan, followed by a question and answer session.
![[Rostenkowski raw #202]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653862682_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. This tape captures the mood at a rally for Rostenkowski in the field house in Chicago’s Pulaski Park (which sits in Rostenkowski’s district on Chicago’s northwest side). A small boy has trouble pronouncing “Rostenkowski.” A polka band plays. At about ten minutes in, Rostenkowski enters the rally, and climbs the stage to give a speech. He says a few words, and then introduces Richard M. Daley, who is running for the office of State’s Attorney.
Documentary about a small, non-traveling circus in New York City called the Big Apple Circus. The circus features many human performers including acrobats, jugglers, tumblers, etc, but no animals. The performers talk about how much they love performing in the circus, especially this one. Movement and precision acrobatics help make this tape more than just a document about people, but more of a sensory portrait of the feel of a circus.
![[Studs Terkel talks about Joe and Gaynell Begley]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653863706_640-228x160.jpg)
A 1999 interview with Studs Terkel about Joe and Gaynell Begley’s C.B. Caudill country store in Blackey, Kentucky. The Begleys had been included in Terkel’s books Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression and American Dreams: Lost and Found.