[Veeck Pix #4]
Cutaways shot for “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”
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.
Bill Veeck at Murphy’s #2. Raw footage for “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.”
Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” This tape features footage of the basketball court and arena at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, during a basketball tournament. The teams playing are Cahokia and Flossmoor.
Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man for Any Season.” This tape continues an interview with Veeck at his Hyde Park home. The subjects are day games, the particulars of Veeck’s family life and his parenting, and where finds happiness (gardening, books, people).
Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” This tape features footage of a Chicago Sports Hall of Fame awards ceremony, where Veeck is being inducted. His acceptance speech is on this tape.
This video features close-ups and shots of pictures of baseball cards for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.”
An episode of the independent film and video showcase, Image Union, featuring “West Bank: Whose Promised Land?” by Esti Galili Marpet. A documentary about struggle between Israelis and Arabs in the Israeli occupied West Bank, a strip of land that has been a longtime subject of violent dispute. Includes interviews with several Israeli soldiers and settlers, several Palestinians, and several peace activists.