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  [Teen St. @ Steppenwolf / JM’s roving camera 9-25-97]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films

  0:04 Color bars. 0:41 Camera opens on the TeenStreet cast backstage rehearsing their lines. Ron Bieganski gives directions as they recite. Some of the musicians start to warm up. 6:09 Footage of Steppenwolf Theatre and people entering the theatre. 7:46 Footage of the female cast members putting on makeup and talking. Cut to the male cast members hanging out and putting on their costumes. 13:30 Footage of people coming into the theatre and sitting in their seats. 18:18 Bieganski introduces […]

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  [Teen St. Performance F6 9/26/97]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films

  0:00 Camera opens on the cast members of TeenStreet sitting on the stage. The camera woman talks about why they are filming the project. They speak about what it will be like to leave the program, the friendships that they have made, and what they’ve gotten from the program. 15:10 The camerawoman asks them to talk about one thing about them that they would like people to know. They go through the group and each person responds to the question. […]

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  [Teen St. Performance F5 9/26/97]

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films

  0:00 Camera opens on footage of a TeenStreet performance.  6:12 Performance ends. Ron Bieganski announces the post-show discussion. Footage of the audience. 10:15 Cut to the cast sitting together on a stage. The camera woman asks them why they decided to do TeenStreet. Each cast member replies. They also speak about the high and low points of the experience. 29:58 Tape ends.

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  [Organizing owner operator truckers in Northwest Indiana]

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Kartemquin Films, Kartemquin Films, Roots of Video

  Part of a collection of labor tapes shot by Kartemquin Films in Northwest Indiana. In this tape, a rank-and-file Teamsters member talks to a group about organizing owner operator truckers into a union.

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  Labor History Workshop: Fred Thompson

  Chicago, Kartemquin Films, Kartemquin Films, Roots of Video

  An organizing workshop led by activist Staughton Lynd at Indiana University Northwest. This tape features Fred Thompson, labor organizer and IWW leader, addressing a group of (mostly) United Steel Workers union members about the future of unions and how to create positive change.