Pieces of Manley
Footage shot for documentary about Manley High School on the West Side of Chicago, and their successful basketball team.
Footage shot for documentary about Manley High School on the West Side of Chicago, and their successful basketball team.
This video contains a rehashing of the last bit of 16401 as well as interviews of members of Jesus People, USA.
“The 80s in Retrospect” is a mockumentary produced in 1979. The documentary “begins” in the middle of the footage (10:06), and features a series of mock commercials, scenes from a New Year party, a scene within a restaurant, and a soliloquy in a train station. The tone of the “documentary” shifts between comedic irreverence and earnest social criticism. The beginning of the footage (before 10:06) establishes the basic premise that polluted radio and television waves sent from Earth are being re-broadcast to Earth from a “space” Haight-Ashbury. The “documentary” footage, then, shows the “polluted” nature of television and radio media. Produced by The Anybody You Choose Video Group at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
A jokey quiz that questions the ways in which the viewer might actively participate in shaping their perception of the world and of the media.
A compilation of news reports from 1979, including President Carter addressing the energy crisis, Pope John Paul II’s visit to Chicago, and the release of four Puerto Rican Nationalists who were granted clemency by President Carter.
A day-in-the-life documentary with Garry Marshall. Marshall was an executive producer for ABC and was responsible for such hit shows as Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, and Mork and Mindy. This tape features several behind the scenes segments from these shows’ productions. Marshall is also interviewed about the nature of television production and comedy.
B-roll of house exterior of the former headquarters of the Black Panther Party at 2337 W Monroe in Chicago, which was the site of the murder of Chairman Fred Hampton by the Chicago Police.