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  [The 90’s raw: Robert Demella]

  Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Videographer Skip Blumberg interviews taxi cab driver Robert Demella and others on the streets of New York City near City Hall. Continue reading →

• [The 90’s People compilation]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Communities, THE 90's

  Compilation of clips from The 90’s People segments. Continue reading →

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  [The 90’s raw: Hell’s Kitchen poets, Richie Havens]

  Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Raw footage for The 90’s. Students in Hell’s Kitchen read their poems about the 1990s, followed by an interview with musician and activist Richie Havens. Shot in New York City. Continue reading →

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  Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show

  American Way, Viewers Choice

  A sweet, interesting, and enjoyable documentary about a double dutch championship for junior high age kids in New York. The tape featured mainly local kids from Manhattan and the boroughs, but the event drew an international crowd to the Lincoln Center on 6/13/81. We spend time with the teams as they practice and compete and hear about how they train and how they feel about their sport. The tape manages to simultaneously capture all of the tension of the competition and give a personal look at a number of the teams. Blumberg manages to catch the participants at their most raw and emotional moments, like when a 10 (?) year old girl is sobbing uncontrollably like she had just lost a family member. Blumberg asks her what place her team got. They were #1. Continue reading →

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  [The 90’s raw: Rick Hornung]

  Communities, Native American, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Raw footage for The 90’s. Interview with Rick Hornung, staff writer at The Village Voice, about the Mohawk civil war. Continue reading →

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  [Pieces from hour III of Five Day Bicycle Race]

  CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video

  Pieces from the live broadcast of Five Day Bicycle Race, a documentary made at and about the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. Most of this footage is from the studio, but it does include the segment in which Tom Weinberg and his cameraman attempt to gain entrance to a party thrown by Rolling Stone Magazine. It also includes a telephone poll that asks viewers if Rolling Stone represents their interests. Continue reading →

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  [The 90’s raw: Fran and Tak]

  Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Raw footage for The 90’s. Fran and Tak, an interracial couple, talk about the experiences of a mixed marriage. Continue reading →

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  The 90s

  Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Interview with Reggie Joule, an Alaskan Native Inupiat visiting New York City. Interview with Peter Fogel, bartender at the Mayflower Hotel bar. Continue reading →