![[Abandoned Buildings in Uptown]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/648160070_640-228x160.jpg)
This tape documents abandoned buildings in Chicago’s Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods and discusses the dangers associated with them. Roberta Westmore of One Land Use Action, a subsidiary of the Organization of the Northeast, leads the camera through the various violations at several buildings. This is followed by raw footage of a city hearing on mortgage redlining by local banks in Uptown, and then footage of a tenants meeting.
This tape features a ten minute edited version of the Studs Terkel memorial service that took place on January 30, 2009 at the Chicago Cultural Center. The video offers a brief summary of the night, highlighting some of the stand-out moments of the event. Nearly five hundred people gathered to honor Terkel’s memory. Good friends and colleagues share their personal stories and thoughts on Terkel’s life and legacy. Terkel’s son, Dan Terkell, also shares a few kind words about his father.
This tape documents the Celebration of the Life of Studs Terkel held at the Chicago Cultural Center on January 30, 2009. Over four hundred people gathered for this occasion to pay tribute to Terkel’s life and work. Studs’ close friends, admirers, and colleagues share their stories about the man and the life he lived. Terkel’s son, Dan Terkell, also says a few words about his father at the end of the evening.
![[Rocking the Boat raw: Bughouse Square #3]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/645659028_640-228x160.jpg)
This is a continuation of footage from Bughouse Square in August 1998. Studs Terkel spoke a little earlier in the day and is not included on this tape.
![[Studs On A Soapbox raw: Mirko #3]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653864641_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage of an interview for the program “Studs On A Soapbox.” Tom Weinberg and others visit Studs Terkel at his home in Uptown. Terkel discusses a variety of topics including: his current book, Will The Circle Be Unbroken?, his writing process and methodology, his work ethic, and a little bit about his wife Ida, who had fairly recently passed on.
![[Studs On A Soapbox raw: Mirko #4]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653862629_640-228x160.jpg)
Raw footage of an interview for the program “Studs On A Soapbox.” Tom Weinberg and others visit Studs Terkel at his home in Uptown. This is a continuation from the last tape. In this video, Terkel takes the crew through his home and shows them various memorable pictures from his life and other transcripts for his newest book. Terkel also fixes drinks for his guests and they all watch the 2000 Presidential election unfold on television.
![[Rocking the Boat: Studs Terkel’s 20th Century rough cut]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/645580916_640-228x160.jpg)
Documentary on activism and the labor movement.
Compilation episode of Image Union called “People and Their Music,” featuring a documentary about fiddlers by Victoria Hamburg, Dana Hodgdon, and John Peaslee, “Celebrating Fifty Years of Tamburitza Music” by Mirko Popadic and Gordana Trbuhovich Grasa, “Chicago Blues” by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse, “It Ain’t City Music” by Tom Davenport, a tribute to Chicago blues by Raul Zaritsky, Jim Morrissette, and Linda Williams, “Music from the Heart” by Victoria Spivey, and “The Luckies” by Fred Colon.