[Innocence Lost + Women Crossing Borders]
News stories on immigration and the Liberian Civil War.
Actor John Mahoney is interviewed about his role in the Steppenwolf production of The Dresser, which ran from September 16 – November 14th, 2004. Synopsis from Steppenwolf: “In Britain during the Blitz, a traveling theater company prepares to perform King Lear while Sir (John Mahoney), the actor in the title role, is spiraling into madness. Sir’s devoted dresser, Norman (Tracy Letts), would do anything to help lift his fallen monarch for one last stage triumph. The tragicomedy by Ronald Harwood, the Oscar-winning writer of The Pianist, is performed on an innovative set by Santo Loquasto, a long-time collaborator with Woody Allen. With a cast assembled of some of Chicago’s most esteemed actors, Steppenwolf’s The Dresser is a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of life in the theater performed by those who’ve spent a life in the theater.”
Una dramatización basada en entrevistas hechas por Julia Lesage y Carole Isaacs con mujeres nicaragüenses en Managua en 1981 y 1982. Las mujeres hablan de la vida diaria bajo la revolución y de la represión de la díctadura somocista. Expresen sus ideas sobre el trabajo, la religión, la vida romántica, los hombres, la familia y los niños, la defensa, y la participación social.
Olivia Valenzuela describe come la guardia somocista mató á su hermanito y como el entierro hizo levantarse el pueblo de Estelí. / Olivia Valenzuela describes how the Somozan Army killed her little brother and how the funeral lifted up the village of Estelí.
The mothers of the heroes and martyrs of Estelí talk about their fallen family members, August, 1984. Experimental video made with Sandin Image Processor. / Las madres de héroes y mártires de Estelí hablan de la familia caida, agosto 1984. Estelí heróico, Nicaragua libre.
In 1981 and 1982, Carole Isaacs and Julia Lesage visited Nicaragua and did in-depth interviews with women in the Managua area. Here Nicaraguan women speak about the topics of work, sexual politics, religion, family life, children, social participation, and defense.
A live performance of Donna Blue Lachman’s one-woman show, “The Problem with Peggy: Pieces of Guggenheim” performed at the Blue Rider Theatre.
A documentary about the trial of a group of Catholic anti-Vietnam protesters charged with a conspiracy to commit terrorist acts.