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  [Bicycle Race]

  Arts & Culture, CLIR, Communications for Change, Roots of Video, Sports

  Video of a bicycle race, followed by footage of two men carving figures out of wood.

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  Paper Press

  Chicago, CLIR, Eleanor Boyer, Videomakers

  Documents the activities of a Chicago artist-run, non-profit organization fostering experimental hand papermaking and artists’ collaborations. Shows the process of making paper by hand. Includes interviews with co-directors Marilyn Sward, Linda Sorkin-Eisenberg and other artists. The video was made in three versions: English, Spanish and American Sign Language. (Note: Paper Press served as the proto-type for the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, established in 1993 with Marilyn Sward as its Director)

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  Festival De Mujeres

  Chicago, CLIR, Communities, Eleanor Boyer, Latinx, Videomakers

  Taped at the first-ever women’s street fair held in Pilsen, a predominantly Latinx, working-class neighborhood in Chicago. The event was organized by Mujeres Latinas in Accion to showcase Latinx women’s culture and to provide information about social services, health services and recreational opportunities available for women. The video captures the activity and color of the fair and features readings by poets Salima Rivera and Marta Callazo. Comments by organizers, participants and local residents give insight into the role of Latinx women in society at that time. Produced, videotaped, and edited by Eleanor Boyer and Karen Peugh with a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Woodcarver]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2

  PETE LOBO NEMEC, woodcarver and owner of LOBOS WOODWORKS in Rogers Park, interviewed about his craft and carves some wood; amusing story about scaring neighborhood children with wood-carved voodoo masks.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #29]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” At Bregstone’s, Bill Veeck looks at and selects materials for mobiles.

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  [Veeck: A Man For Any Season raw #30]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage for the documentary “Veeck: A Man For Any Season.” At Bregstone’s, Bill Veeck looks at and selects materials for mobiles, and then goes to Kroch’s bookstore to look for books.