Spielberg: “I got beaten out by Fellini!” We hope you enjoy a re-visit of one of our classics, in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards. Steven Spielberg expected to be a big winner at the 1976 Academy Awards. TVTV was in the room documenting his reaction when he got the news that, despite dominating the box office that year with Jaws, he was not nominated for Best Director. Here’s an inside look at the young director like you’ve never seen […]
Today, we pay tribute to Pete Seeger, one of the greatest American singers, political role models, and human beings. He lived his 94 years to the fullest, never wavering from his beliefs in the dignity of all people, civil rights, the environment, and decency, even when he was questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1955. His musical and personal legacy will live on for generations. In fact, it already has! He was in Chicago in 1991 to be […]
We’re excited to show you the trailer for the new short documentary produced by Skip Blumberg and Tom Weinberg, as a not-for-profit project of Media Burn. Every view of the trailer will help the film get selected for a premiere at the Socially Relevant Film Festival in New York this spring, so please help us by checking it out! Growing Up Bonobo:Photographer Marian Bricknercoming soon!A unique upbeat short about an endangered species, and the inspired photographer who loves them.16 minutes, […]
When Nelson Mandela died on December 5th, mainstream news media almost universally presented Mandela as a one-dimensional hero for his iconic life and accomplishments. But now that a lot of the coverage has waned, we want to give you another look at Mandela and his impact on South Africans. The archival footage we’ve put together here doesn’t try to give you a complete story of Mandela’s political career. This is a series of video snapshots, moments in time recorded along […]
*Today, tomorrow, whenever… Media Burn needs your support all the time! Dear Friend of Media Burn: Happy new year! 2014… a milestone year for the Media Burn Independent Video Archive. Ten years ago, all we had was a storefront full of videotapes and the knowledge that they were incredibly important and deteriorating quickly. Since then we have restored, permanently saved, and made freely available more than 2,500 historically significant videotapes, and they have been […]
Dear Friend of Media Burn: We are writing to you today because we know you share our enthusiasm for preserving and distributing one of the most important collections of historical documentaries anywhere, and we need you to make a tax-deductible contribution now: http://mediaburn.org/donate/ In 2014, we will be celebrating ten years of mediaburn.org. Our online collection of freely-accessible documentary videos now exceeds 2500, which have been viewed more than 10 million times—a remarkable achievement! So as 2013 comes to a […]
None of this would be possible without your support. Please donate today. This summer, many of you joined us at South Side Community Art Center, where we reunited documentary subject Michael Johnson with producer Tom Weinberg, 17 years after they first met at the United Center. It was an incredible opportunity to screen and discuss “The Other M.J.” (1999), produced with Skip Blumberg, a sensitive and insightful look at the difficult realities of getting by in America. Here’s what they […]
This week, we’re continuing our series of videos that celebrate Media Burn’s upcoming ten year anniversary with another peek at the hard working people who make Media Burn possible. Video Cataloger/Digitizer Andrew Seeder reflects on his 18 month-long experience watching hundreds of hours of videos: “It was the everyday life of the community that came across during those hours, and that’s exactly the kind of thing we’re going to be most interested in 50 years, 60 years, 100 years from […]