Weekend TV, part 2 of 2
Part 2 of the two-hour Weekend TV special, a variety show produced by independent videomakers featuring everyday people, mainly Chicagoans.
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The 90’s, pilot
Pilot for the award-winning TV series The 90’s. This episode features the following segments:
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Lord Of The Universe
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Produced by video pioneers TVTV, this video won the prestigious Columbia-duPont award for documentaries. It explores the mystery of Guru Maharaj Ji, the sixteen-year-old leader of a cult-like new age group, the Divine Light Mission (DLM), known to his followers as “The Lord of the Universe.” The video investigates the Guru’s opulent living conditions and the secrecy surrounding his teachings, as well as portraying the dissolution of the 1960s counterculture towards the close of the Vietnam War. It chronicles a gathering of his followers at Houston’s Astrodome in 1974 as they wait for its promised levitation, and features interviews with devotee Rennie Davis and skeptic Abbie Hoffman.
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Overnight Man
Portrait of WBBM/Chicago radio news man Joe Cummings. We follow him out on the streets getting stories, in the studio reading broadcasts, and talking about his love for Chicago.
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Image Union, episode 0043: Modern Times
“Modern Times” compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Modern Love,” “Modern Politics,” and “Modern Marriage,” “Modern Sexuality” by Max Almy, “The Real You, From top to Bottom,” by Cheryll Hidalgo, and “Instant This, Instant That” by Ellen and Lynda Kahn.
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![[Rostenkowski raw #104]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653863680_640-228x160.jpg)
[Rostenkowski raw #104]
Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. The crew follows Rostenkowski as he makes his way to the final whip meeting of the 96th Congress. The audio is fairly poor throughout and switches from channel to channel before coming through both for the second half of the tape.
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![[Jane Byrne’s Easter at Cabrini, Weinberg / Finerty edit]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/jane-byrnes-easter-at-cabrini-weinberg-finerty-edit-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
[Jane Byrne’s Easter at Cabrini, Weinberg / Finerty edit]
Tom Weinberg and Tom Finerty’s edit of Jane Byrne’s Easter Celebration at Cabrini Green. Shot for “Ambassadors of Cabrini.” Footage of an Easter celebration held by Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne at Cabrini Green, where she was temporarily living at the time. The tape begins with Byrne trying to lead the crowd in religious songs. However, after a short period of footage of Byrne’s official program, the camera turns to a large group of protesters (presumably Cabrini Green residents) who are angry at Byrne for her policies towards African-Americans, shouting, “We need jobs, not eggs!” In a widely publicized PR stunt, Byrne had briefly taken up residence in Cabrini Green, the notorious housing project. The protesters are almost immediately beaten by the police and taken to jail. The remainder of the tape is the crew’s attempt to understand what happened and locate the jailed demonstrators.
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![[Wired In raw #102: Lily Tomlin #2]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653860568_640-228x160.jpg)
[Wired In raw #102: Lily Tomlin #2]
Raw footage for “Wired In,” a never completed series on the technological trends and innovations of the 1980s. Lily Tomlin does multiple takes of a spoof PSA about Pac-Man addiction. She is also interviewed about her general feelings about technology.