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  La Arepa – El Trompo

  Communities, International, Latinx

  Color video documentary in Spanish with English subtitles. The documentary is composed of two segments, the first about the arepa, a food made from fried cornmeal that is a major part of the cultural history of the Antioquia region in Colombia. It is eaten at every meal by people in the region. The second segment, “El Trompo,” focuses on toy spinning tops in Columbia. People appreciate the top because it is common to many cultures and has the ability to unite generations under one skill set. We see a lot of footage of top experts and hear their opinions about the toy’s enduring significance. This tape documents a moment of cultural change for this region of Columbia, poised at a moment when it is still unclear how modernization is going to mesh with tradition.

• Image Union, episode 836

  Uncategorized

  0:00 Image Union opening.

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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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  Bruce Campbell’s New York tour

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  Bruce Campbell takes us on an eccentric tour of New York City, which ends up mostly being a tour of his apartment/office and Bloomingdales. He says he is making the tape for Tom Weinberg, the producer of The 90’s.

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  [Bernard Epton interview]

  Chicago, Harold Washington, Politics

  Tom Weinberg interviews Bernard Epton, Republican Chicago mayoral candidate whose campaign against Harold Washington became controversial when his television commercials were perceived (correctly so) as racist attacks on Washington. He talks about his controversial slogans and commercials. After the Epton interview, at 11:43, there is raw footage from an interview with Milton Rakove for “Vito Marzullo.”

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  Tales of Hoffman: Abbie And Julius And The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

  Outside Agitators, Viewers Choice

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection.

• [Cubs scoreboard #2]

  Cubs

  Continuation of raw footage shot from inside the Chicago Cubs’ scoreboard. Tom and Roger climb to the top of the scoreboard and shoot footage of the game and the park.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #12]

  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. More raw footage shot at actress Sally Kirkland’s home. Sally and several of her actress friends discuss various issues; including competition among friends and fellow actors, actors/friends helping each other, pornographic movies, and nudity in films.