Anda Korsts, Chicago, Communities, Latinx
00:00 Opening shot of front office of the State of Illinois Department of Labor in Logan Square/Avondale (at Belmont and California). Title card: “The Unemployment Line.” 00:40 Inside the offices: “It is a birthplace for confusion…” Unemployed man explains the dynamics of the office and the varieties of people inside. “I am at the pinnacle of absolute desperation or I would not be here.” 2:48 Harvey Rich… Continue reading →
Black, Chicago, Communities, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice
0:00 Expediter Ben Filipelli (his position seems to be low-level management) shows how a mail order is processed, packaged, and delivered through several departments in the facility. He uses a nearby employee, Jeannette Walker, to illustrate a sample work flow, talking about her as if she is not there. Skip Blumberg and Jane Aaron attempt to interview Walker, but she is unwilling to be very vocal in the presence of her boss. 4:57 On the floor wi… Continue reading →
Ant Farm, Chicago, Cindy Neal, Eleanor Boyer, Guerrilla TV, Image Processing, Judy Hoffman, Roots of Video, Tom Weinberg, Video Makers Choice
00:18 Color bars. 00:47 Titles 01:19 Vallerie McLenighan and Scott Jacobs introduce their piece. 01:39 Tape: Documentary about panhandlers in San Francisco. 03:37 Denise Zaccardi talks about her work teaching video to kids in alternative schools. 04:26 Tape: MaryAnn by the Community TV Network. Two little girls shoot a short documentary about their older sister. 06:10 Jim Passin introduces his tape. 06:31 Tape: Murals by kids in Chicago. 08:30 T… Continue reading →
00:04 “You’re looking at the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, the sun. It’s 93 million miles away, about how far a nuclear power plant should be to be safe.” Montage of people speaking out against the use of nuclear energy. 00:52 Image Union intro. 01:34 Piece from an Atomic Energy Commission Film. 02:26 “Nuclear Illinois.” A satirical short featuring a “spokesman” from a power company ex… Continue reading →
…Selected Videography: Chicago Slices Raw: Wanda and Lilli #1 The Real Realness of the Higher Highness Cindy Neal Description: Cindy Neal is an independent Chicago-based videomaker whose work included experimental forms of video image processing, as well as works of video journalism. The collection contains videos from the 70s, including portraits of small business owners and a tape of Jane Byrne on election night. Subjects: Chicago Poli… Continue reading →
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…sonville, Illinois. Establishing shot of the gas station. 00:34 Inside, a man is sweeping up. The videographer, Cindy Neal, looks around the garage and the auto parts on the shelves. 01:20 A man changes several tires on a pick up truck. 10:43 Inside the garage a man fixes a tire. He replaces a rim and rolls the tire out to a pick up truck. 15:34 A man services a new customer, pumps gas, checks the engine, oil, asks if their wipers are working all… Continue reading →
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00:00 A man puts snow chains on a tire. 02:55 B-roll of the auto garage, clean up and paperwork. A man researches a price for a part and writes up an estimate. He settles a $65 bill with a customer. 05:44 Continued b-roll of the environment, the work space, and auto parts on the shelves. 08:10 Black. 08:15 B-roll of a man with a customer. 09:18 Continued b-roll of auto parts on shelves. 10:27 B-roll of a man and customer talking, paying a bill…. Continue reading →
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00:00 Continued from tape 16601. A man fills a rubber inner tube with air. He tests another inner tube for an air leak. He breaks off the air nozzle and sets about to repair the inner tube. 06:37 Something covers the camera lens. A man enters and continues working on the inner tube. 09:04 The man searches for more supplies at a workbench then services a new customer. 09:57 He continues repairing the inner tube. 10:31 Black. 10:38 END… Continue reading →