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  Song of the River

  Chicago

  Children of the rainforest /
  intrinsically woven into the fabric of life /
  with one spirit, one voice, one people /
  that the song of the river is your own–

  Barbara L. Sykes.

  “Based upon my poem of Borneo’s indigenous cultures, ‘Song of the River’ is as much a visual poem and mystic story as it is an experimental ethnographic documentary. Shot while traveling up Sarawak’s Rajang River to various longhouses of different indigenous tribes, this tape is an intimate and personal portrayal of the harmonious relationship Borneo’s indigenous people have with one another, and with the river, animals, birds and rainforest. It is a devotional piece honoring the spirituality, wisdom, integrity and essential qualities of respect and appreciation for life that these people have.

  ‘Song of the River’ is the second tape produced for ‘In Celebration of Life…. In Celebration of Death…’ a series of tapes shot during my fourteen month sabbatical and Chicago Artists Abroad Artists Residency in intensive research and videotape production in primarily Asia, and later, the Mid-East and Africa. The series reveals the religious, cultural and philosophical beliefs of various indigenous cultures by exploring their rituals, dance, music and daily activities.

  From birth to death, special rites and ceremonies mark the important events of one’s existence, assuring a symbiosis of body and soul with the divine. This deep relationship between the people and their gods are reaffirmed through daily activity. At times, the person symbolically becomes god, strengthening their own sense of sacredness and self-respect.–Barbara Sykes

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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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  This Week In Joe’s Basement, episode 56: Anton’s Science Project

  Joe's Basement

  AIR DATES: January 25, February 1, 1992

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  Slices of Chicago

  Chicago, CLIR, Communities, Eleanor Boyer, Guerrilla Television, Image Processing, Latinx, Tom Weinberg, Viewers Choice

  Compilation tape highlighting the work of the members of the Chicago Area Videomakers Coalition. The group was formed in 1977 to formally bring together Chicago’s independent videomakers to create a higher profile and bring their work to the public. This tape was first broadcast on Channel 44 on June 18, 1977, based on a commitment from general manager Ed Morris. The production of this tape made it apparent that the most pressing need in the videomaking community was editing facilities. In 1978, aided by the visibility produced by the sampler tape, the Coalition opened the Chicago Editing Center, which provided low-cost editing facilities to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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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.

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  [The 90s raw: Bits And Pieces of Skip’s World]

  Black, Communities, GDDF, Latinx, NHPRC-2, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s shot by Skip Blumberg. A variety of everyday scenes are pictured: African American at-risk youth read poems predicting the state of affairs in the 1990s. A woman feeds squirrels on a park bench in England. Most of the video is from a baseball game between the Cuban national team and the Indians [?] in Granada, Nicaragua.

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  [The 90’s raw: Gil Scott-Heron]

  American Way, Black, Communities, Outside Agitators, Skip Blumberg

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. Skip Blumberg talks with poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron in Harlem about race and racism. “What I meant by the phrase ‘the revolution will not be televised’ was, the first revolution takes place in your mind. …It’s not something you can catch on film. …It’ll just be something that you see and you just realize, ‘Hey, I’m on the wrong page.'”

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  [Weekend TV 2-hour special]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Communities, Latinx, Yummy Sandifer

  0:38 Weekend TV opening. People tell what they want to see on TV.