8/26/21: The Portable Revolution: The 1970s Guerrilla Television Movement
90-minute screening/discussion of works from the 1970s media movement called Guerrilla Television.
Virtual Talks with Video Activists is an ongoing series of screenings and discussions with artists, journalists, and community organizers who use video to break boundaries.
Below you can find out about upcoming events and watch recordings of past ones.
90-minute screening/discussion of works from the 1970s media movement called Guerrilla Television.
A screening/discussion with filmmaker Julie Gustafson moderated by media scholar Rachel Fabian.
A screening/discussion with filmmaker, media artist and film critic Kevin B. Lee moderated by Allison de Fren.
A screening/discussion with electronic video pioneer Dan Sandin moderated by Jason Nebergall.
Full event replay available below. Feel the true fervor of 1970s utopian activism! Action-packed and emotionally-charged. 25 young indy filmmakers, with the earliest video cameras, cover the country’s largest civil disobedience peace protests from inside. Featuring Rennie Davis, Dr Benj Spock, Mayday Video pioneer camera journalists, and thousands of brave antiwar protesters, including and especially Vietnam Vets Against the War. Authentic counter-program from the counter-culture. Rated R: Radical politics, Violence, Language. The event included a screening of selections from the MAYDAY […]
On April 15th, 2021, join Media Burn and VDB for a live-only screening of No Hop Sing, No Bruce Lee with director Janice Tanaka and co-director David Gallardo, moderated by Stephen Gong.
On April 1st, 2021, Media Burn presented a screening of excerpts from the upcoming film Walk with Frank. Frank Romeo and filmmakers Ryan and Matt Mayers joined a conversation moderated by Yana Khashper.
March 11: Virtual screening/discussion with Paper Tiger TV founder and Deep Dish Satellite Network co-founder DeeDee Halleck, moderated by Avery LaFlamme from the University of Chicago Department of Cinema and Media Studies.