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  American Indian Experience: Mike Chosa on The Indian’s Future

  Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

  This is a lecture given by Mike Chosa on the subject of tribal sovereignty and the potential role of natural resources as a bargaining chip for American Indian activism.

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  American Indian Experience: Mike Chosa on Indian Activism

  Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

  Mike Chosa leads a lecture discussing the problems faced by the Native American community, both in the reservations and in Chicago. He discusses the policy of relocating Native Americans to the cities, the problems caused by those policies, and the response by the different Native American organizations which were established in the city.

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  American Indian Experience: Ada Deer and Mike Chosa

  Chicago, Communities, Native American, Roots of Video

  Advocates for the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin discuss the 1950s federal act which terminated their tribe, dissolved their reservation, and adversely affected the members of their community.

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  In Plain English

  American Way, Asian American, Black, Communities, Julia Lesage, Latinx, LGBTQIA, Native American

  University of Oregon’s students of color discuss what race means in terms of their experiences on and off campus. The video is a procession of talking heads, positioning the students as points of authority while also encouraging the viewer to consider their own expectations and ideas of race.

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  The Good Times Are Killing Me

  American Way, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, TVTV

  This video is for personal/educational use only. More info at TVTVNow: //www.tvtvnow.com/

  Documentary about the rapidly fading Cajun culture in rural Louisiana. About half of the tape focuses on Nathan Abshire, “Mr. Accordion,” who performs traditional music with his band and talks about the old life. The other major focus of the tape is the celebration of Cajun Mardi Gras.

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  Image Union, episode 0910

  Chicago, Communities, Image Union, LGBTQIA

  Compilation episode of Image Union featuring five music videos by Dan Dinello. Music is from Fela Kuti, Knightklub, Magnum Force, Stations, and a composite of various radio broadcasts.

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  Image Union, episode 0005: Chicago Workers and Their Struggles

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Union, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Skip Blumberg, Studs Terkel

  Labor/work-focused compilation episode of Image Union, hosted by Studs Terkel. It features several segments from the Illinois Labor History Society, “It’s a Living: When I Was a Worker Like LaVerne” by Skip Blumberg and Jane Aaron, “Uno Mas” by Mike Torro, Iris Bruno, and Jose Claudio, “Packingtown U.S.A. by William Adelman,” and “Winnie Wright, Age 11” and “Trick Bag” by Kartemquin Films.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Tai Chi In Chinatown]

  Asian American, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, Skip Blumberg

  Raw footage for “Chicago Slices,” a television series about life in Chicagoland. This video features a trip to a park in Chinatown, where a group gathers to practice tai chi. Videomaker Skip Blumberg interviews instructor Larry So and his older, female Chinese students, while younger Chinese teens in the park question its validity as real exercise.