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  Watch It!, episode 103-1

  Viewers Choice

  A “video scrapbook” featuring camcorder footage from people around the world. Note: commercials have been edited out of the Quicktime version.

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  [Robert Sandifer murder case #3]

  American Way, Black, Communities, Viewers Choice, Yummy Sandifer

  0:00 Jones goes to Shavon Dean’s house to interview neighbors and friends, including her aunt and cousin. Between interviews, he shoots the shrine that has been erected in front of her house.

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  Image Union, episode 1223

  Chicago, Image Union, International

  Annette Barbier and her daughter Celine went to India for four months in 1988. Her tape documents the everyday lives of village women and muses philosophically about the cultural differences. In an unusual touch, Barbier translates the conversation between villagers as she shoots, so we have a unique opportunity to understand how her presence with a video camera makes them feel.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Jim Hightower Interview]

  Chicago Slices, Politics

  Tom Weinberg takes Jim Hightower to the Billy Goat Tavern for an informal interview. Hightower discusses the 1992 presidential election and general progressive politics.

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  Weekend TV (Yummy Sandifer Murder)

  American Way, Andrew Jones, Black, Communities, Viewers Choice, Yummy Sandifer

  Andrew Jones investigates the aftermath of the murder of 11-year-old Robert “Yummy” Sandifer, who had been accused of killing 14-year-old Shavon Dean in the Roseland neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Two brothers, Cragg and Derrick Hardaway, were arrested for the murder of Sandifer. Jones talks to family and friends about the tragedy of two murders of teenagers and how it reflects on our society.

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  [Joe Cummings at WBBM #3]

  Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television

  Raw tape from the 1978 documentary “Overnight Man,” which follows WBBM/Chicago radio news man Joe Cummings. Similarly enjoyable behind-the-scenes banter with Cummings in the WBBM studio.

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  Chicago Boys

  International, Viewers Choice

  In 1973, after dramatic political upheaval in Chile, the “Chicago Boys,” led by University of Chicago economics professor Milton Friedman, were given the chance to rebuild the country’s economy. They opted to turn Chile into an experiment with absolute free markets. This documentary examines the poor state of the country ten years afterwards.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #39]

  American Way, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Making it in Hollywood, On the Media

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. In this tape, actress Sally Kirkland discusses her financial difficulties. This is followed by b-roll footage of movies stars’ homes, and of cars on a freeway.