New Videos

  • Journalist Elizabeth Brackett (1941-2018)

    Journalist Elizabeth Brackett (1941-2018)

    June 18, 2018 at 4:23 pm / Blog

    We are deeply saddened by the death of our friend and colleague, journalist Elizabeth Brackett. Please read the wonderful tribute by Robert Feder. In 2015, Elizabeth donated her collection of videotapes of her work to Media Burn. It is comprised of 86 tapes from 1978 to 2010. Some of our favorites are below. The first one features Elizabeth reporting on her own personal journey from aspiring Chicago politician to journalist for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on national PBS and Chicago Tonight … Continue reading →

  • Baby Massage

    Baby Massage

    1986-01-01 / Eleanor Bingham Miller

    Instructional Tape for giving an infant massage with Denise Pound. Continue reading →

  • Kerry James Marshall’s “Past Times” Painting Sells for $21.1 Million

    Kerry James Marshall’s “Past Times” Painting Sells for $21.1 Million

    June 1, 2018 at 4:23 pm / Blog

    This May, Kerry James Marshall’s painting Past Times sold for more than $21 million, making it the most expensive artwork sold by a living African American artist. Marshall is known for his various works in different media (painting, collage, video, etc.) that portray and comment on the history of black identity in the United States and in Western artwork. Marshall was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up in Watts, Los Angeles when the acknowledgment of pervasive discrimination against African Americans and … Continue reading →

  • [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries followup]

    [Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries followup]

    1994-01-01 / Chicago Collection, Kartemquin Films

    A documentary produced by Kartemquin Films made to accompany the Spertus Museum of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition in which six African-American artists and six Jewish-American artists collaborated on a group show. Features interviews with many of the artists, footage from the exhibition including interviews with patrons, as well as interviews with Morry Fred (Director of the Spertus Museum) and Raymon Price (Director of the DuSable Museum of African-American History). Continue reading →

  • Make a big impact on Media Burn artists project

    Make a big impact on Media Burn artists project

    May 18, 2018 at 2:41 pm / Blog

    We’re thrilled that the National Endowment for the Arts has finalized their commitment to Media Burn of $15,000 through the Art Works program. Art Works supports the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. As part of our project, we have selected two Artists-in-Residence for 2018: Nancy Buchanan is a video artist who helped produce the LA-based Message … Continue reading →

  • Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries: May 16

    Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries: May 16

    May 9, 2018 at 4:08 pm / Blog

    CHICAGO CROSSINGS: BRIDGES AND BOUNDARIES Documentary screening & panel discussion Wednesday, May 16th @ 6:30pm Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater 78 E. Washington Street FREE and open to the public. Total event runtime: 40 minutes of video + 30-45 minutes discussion. Othello Anderson, Gerda Meyer Bernstein, and Gordon Quinn in person! Pentimenti Productions, Media Burn Archive and Kartemquin Films, in collaboration with Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, DuSable Museum of African American History, and the City of … Continue reading →

  • 2018 Derby-Winning Jockey Mike Smith on His First Win in 2005

    2018 Derby-Winning Jockey Mike Smith on His First Win in 2005

    May 8, 2018 at 1:43 pm / Blog

    Hall of Famer Mike Smith won his second Kentucky Derby last Saturday (5/5/18). He rode Justify, still undefeated in four career races. Smith, now 52, earned $124,000 for the two-minute race. He got his first Derby win in 2005, aboard Giacomo, a 50-1 long shot. Thoroughbred Kentucky filmmakers Eleanor Bingham Miller and Bruce Skinner featured Mike Smith (below) in Thunder and Reins, their 47-minute 2007 documentary about and with Derby-winning jockeys. The full documentary is now exclusively viewable at mediaburn.org. … Continue reading →

  • 2018 Derby-Winning Jockey Mike Smith on His First Win in 2005

    2018 Derby-Winning Jockey Mike Smith on His First Win in 2005

    May 8, 2018 at 1:41 pm / Unassigned

    Hall of Famer Mike Smith won his second Kentucky Derby last Saturday (5/5/18). He rode Justify, still undefeated in four career races. Smith, now 52, earned $124,000 for the two-minute race. He got his first Derby win in 2005, aboard Giacomo, a 50-1 long shot. Thoroughbred Kentucky filmmakers Eleanor Bingham Miller and Bruce Skinner featured Mike Smith (below) in Thunder and Reins, their 47-minute 2007 documentary about and with Derby-winning jockeys. The full documentary is now exclusively viewable at mediaburn.org. … Continue reading →

 
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