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  Bloody Bess, Part II

  Anda Korsts, Chicago, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Performance

  This tape features footage from a 1974 performance of “Bloody Bess,” produced by the Organic Theater Company in Chicago and performed at the Uptown Center Hull House Theater. The play was conceived by Stuart Gordon and written by William J. Norris and John Ostrander. It tells the story of Elizabeth Presberty, daughter of the Governor of the island of Tobago. After being taken prisoner by a group of pirates, she returns home to face betrayal and the murder of her family members. She eventually transforms herself into Bloody Bess, a rugged pirate captain out to bring those who have done her wrong to justice.

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  Tuli’s Montreal Revolt

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  This tape features footage from a performance and rehearsal of Tuli Kupferberg’s Revolting Theatre. The performance footage was videotaped at McGill University in Montreal on March 5, 1971, while the rehearsal excerpts were taped throughout late 1969 and early 1970. The cast was Kupferberg; his best friend and collaborator, the late Lannes Kenfield (Aka “Lanny”); Tuli’s first son, Joey Sacks; Liz Reisner; Kupferberg’s wife Sylvia Topp; and Sandra Mobray Clarke, aka “Sandy Nisson.”

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  Ballad of A.J. Weberman

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

  Writer, Bob Dylan enthusiast, and coiner of the term “Dylanology,” A.J. Weberman sorts through Dylan’s garbage outside of his New York apartment in order to explain his methods of gathering and interpreting Dylan data. Bookended by David Peel & The Lower East Side playing “The Ballad of A.J. Weberman.”

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  I Am A Woman

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance

  This tape features footage from a women’s art show with audio of poetry readings by women.

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  On the God Dam Lock In

  American Way, CLIR, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance

  A documentary following a group of actors as they perform a play about the perils of incarceration at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York.

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  [Five Day Bicycle Race raw: 2 band]

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, TVTV

  This video contains raw footage shot for “Five Day Bicycle Race,” a project comprised of live in-studio commentary and taped edited coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. Produced by independent videomakers calling themselves The Image Union (including many members of TVTV and Videofreex), it aired on Manhattan Cable for three hours per night for five days during the convention. This video features footage from the DNC in Madison Square Garden. We watch the house band perform for a large portion of the video.

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  [Five Day Bicycle Race raw: Another Day #2]

  American Way, CLIR, Five Day Bicycle Race, Guerrilla Television, NHPRC, TVTV

  This video contains raw footage shot for “Five Day Bicycle Race,” a project comprised of live in-studio commentary and taped edited coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. Produced by independent videomakers calling themselves The Image Union (including many members of TVTV and Videofreex), it aired on Manhattan Cable for three hours per night for five days during the convention. The video is comprised of b-roll footage of Union Square and other locations in Manhattan for Joel Gold’s performance piece “Another Day.”

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  Now And Then

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Image Union

  A short documentary about a group of elderly women who perform in a Broadway revue-type stage show. Originally aired on Image Union Episode 0038.