[Christmas with the Thorntons 1971 / Nan, Bob, Janet, Dave, Jack]
Home movies shot over Christmas 1971.
Home movies shot over Christmas 1971.
Cincinnati-based punk musicians The Ed Davis Band (aka The Ed Davis All-Artists Band) plays a concert in a small performance space.
An ongoing series reflecting on our favorite videos from the Resurrecting Guerrilla Television project. In 2021, Media Burn, along with the University of Chicago and other partners, began the “Resurrecting the 1970s Guerrilla Television Movement” project, which is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources. That grant has funded the digitization, cataloging, and sharing of hundreds of essential tapes from the early history of video, with hundreds more to come. This is “the people’s television” – a version […]
An ongoing series reflecting on our favorite videos from the Resurrecting Guerrilla Television project. In 2021, Media Burn, along with the University of Chicago and other partners, began the “Resurrecting the 1970s Guerrilla Television Movement” project, which is funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources. That grant has funded the digitization, cataloging, and sharing of hundreds of essential tapes from the early history of video, with hundreds more to come. These tapes range from abstract visual studies to […]
An interview with a student named Tom about Lane Tech, an alternative high school in Chicago.
A documentary about Prologue Alternative High School, located in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.
An interview of the National Runaway Switchboard’s Cynthia Myers conducted by high school students from the Southern School, an alternative high school in Chicago.
Footage from the graduation ceremony for Garfield, an alternative high school in Chicago.