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  Image Union, episode 0001

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Image Processing, Image Union, Performance, Roots of Video, Viewers Choice

  Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring “TV Magic Ballots” by Nate Herman and Warren Leming, “Assassins” with Joe Mantegna and Jack Wallace, “Chicago Blues” by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse, work from Jane Veeder, excerpts from “Now We Live On Clifton” by Kartemquin Films, stopmotion animation, an interview by “My Sister’s Cutting Room” during a dog’s birthday party, and “The Bums” by Scott Jacobs and Valjean McLenighan 1976.

  The second half of the episode features “Electronic Masks” by Barbara Sykes, an excerpt from “Paper Roses” by Maxi Cohen and Joel Gold, and “Television Delivers People” by Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman.

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  [Eye Contact sampler]

  Roots of Video

  Clips from vintage TV shows, advertisements, movies, and news.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #32]

  American Way, CLIR, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tapes follows Cissy Colpitts, an aspiring actress, as she enters the William Morris Agency in an attempt to obtain an agent to represent her. She is interviewed on the street before meeting with the agent, and again when the meeting has finished. She talks about the experience, and says it was very positive. She did not get an agent, but was referred to other, smaller agencies. After leaving the agency, the interview continues at a poolside location, where Colpitts shows us her headshots, and resume. She also talks about her decision to become an actress.

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  [Chicano Mexican Speech, Martha Rodriguez and Jose De Molina]

  CLIR, Guerrilla TV, Latinx, Roots of Video

  Cultural event. Jose de Molina at very end. Priscilla, then Marth, then Jose de M.