[Benson Hedges Blues Fest, tape 1]
Performances and interviews from the Benson Hedges Blues Fest captured by Barry Dolins.
Performances and interviews from the Benson Hedges Blues Fest captured by Barry Dolins.
Discussions about ants and the media at the opening of environmental artist Alan Sonfist’s exhibition “Army Ants: Patterns & Structures.”
Two videos about community activism in Chicago. The first discusses protests and other actions supported by the Organization of the Northeast (O.N.E.) for housing rights. The second discusses crime against senior citizens and the portrayal of crime in the media.
I MARRIED A MUNCHKIN presents the life and times of Mary Ellen St. Aubin, a woman small in stature who lived large. She and her husband, Parnell St. Aubin–one of the original Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz–were in show business for much of their lives, until they retired to run the legendary Midget Club on Chicago’s South Side.
August 8, 1974. It was a different world, a different president and an unprecedented American crisis. That was the night Richard Nixon sat in the Oval Office and made the surprise announcement that he was resigning as President of the United States. Some independent video producers obtained a videotape recorded in the moments before the speech. It was the European pool feed, never intended for broadcast: a rare glimpse into the curation and production of a president’s image. We think […]
Carol Marin and Bryant Gumble cover a variety of news stories, with most of them centering on crime in Chicago.
Carol Marin discusses why she left Channel 5 news over their hiring of Jerry Springer, and Springer discusses his side of the story as well.
Second half of a conversation between Howard Zinn and Studs Terkel in Berkeley, California. They discuss their careers, the difficulty of challenging political consensus in the United States, and field questions from audience members.