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  Shoot The Geek

  American Way, Viewers Choice, War and Peace

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection.

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  Street Tape Chicago ’75

  Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Video Makers Choice

  Skip Blumberg walks the streets of Chicago, getting those he meets along the way to talk about what they do for a living. Some of the interviewees include a bartender, an Abraham Lincoln impersonator around 06:30, a produce clerk, a housewife, and a prostitute. Plus an interview with Democratic 43rd Ward Committeeman Dan O’Brien in front of the Biograph Theater. Also includes a follow-up with Wheelin’ Lovin’ Al, who was featured in It’s A Living a few months earlier. The interviews have been taped over an unrelated science video about the human body.

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  Reverend Billy’s Peace Revival

  Outside Agitators

  Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping stage a lengthy peace revival filled with song, dance, and sermons raging against American consumerism.

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  SurfRiders: Going Coastal

  American Way, Politics

  Skip Blumberg’s video short documenting the Orange County chapter of the SurfRider Foundation, an environmental group dedicated to the conservation of the world’s beaches. Members, many of which are surfers, discuss pollution of the waters and hold a protest against proposed jettys in their area of coastline.  Blumberg documents the protest, plus interviews surfers and members of the foundation.

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  Nam June Paik: #1 Video Artist

  Uncategorized

  Tribute to video artist Nam June Paik. Skip Blumberg speaks with Paik’s friends, peers, and collaborators as they discuss the artist’s life, work, and influence. Interviews are often shown alongside excerpts from Paik’s own videos. Features: Bill Rabinovich, Paul Gamin, Yoko Ono, Kit Fitzgerald, John Hanhardt, Olga Mazurkiewicz, Doctor Videovich, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Beryl Korot, Bill Viola, Carlotta Schoolman, Merce Cunningham, Carolee Schneeman, Russel Connor, Dimitri Devyatkin, Wulf Herzogenrath, Bob Harris, Barbara London, Gary O’Grady, Nina Sobell, Liz Phillips, Raphaele Shirley, and C.T Lui.

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  [The 90’s election Specials raw: Tsongas fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel]

  1992 Election, Chicago, Politics, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. Fundraiser for Senator Paul Tsongas at the Fairmont Hotel, with mostly Greek attendees (Tsongas is also Greek).

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  For A Moment You Fly: The Big Apple Circus

  American Way, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Video Makers Choice

  Documentary about a small, non-traveling circus in New York City called the Big Apple Circus. The circus features many human performers including acrobats, jugglers, tumblers, etc, but no animals. The performers talk about how much they love performing in the circus, especially this one. Movement and precision acrobatics help make this tape more than just a document about people, but more of a sensory portrait of the feel of a circus.

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  [The 90’s raw: Todd Alcott performing “Politically Correct”]

  Skip Blumberg, THE 90's, Videomakers

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Todd Alcott performs several takes of a satirical monologue called “Politically Correct,” a time capsule of political correctness in the 1990s.