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  The 90’s, episode 215: The Video Revolution

  Global Village, Image Processing, TVTV, Video Makers Choice

  Episode 215 of the award winning series, The 90’s. This episode is called “THE VIDEO REVOLUTION” and features the following segments:

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  Dead Action

  Guerrilla TV, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Documentary about the San Francisco County Jails, which house people convicted of minor crimes such as theft and prostitution. The tape mainly argues (through interviews) that most of the inmates are in jail because they are poor and that the prison system only exacerbates the problem.

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  [Nelson Algren Committee meeting]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  A 1999 meeting of the Nelson Algren Committee, an organization dedicated to the preservation and proliferation of Algren’s memory and works in the literary world. A slew of celebrated Chicago media and political figures, some who were also friends of Algren’s (Studs Terkel, Leon Despres, and Art Shay), attend the meeting and say a few words about the importance of Algren’s work.

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  Beating Time: Tel Aviv ’90-’91

  Global Perspectives on War and Peace, Global Village, Video Makers Choice

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Interviews with several different residents of Tel-Aviv from 1990 to 1991. The lives of poor Arab workers are contrasted to the upper class of the city, who live a very European lifestyle.

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  The 90’s, episode 405: It’s A Mall, Mall World

  American Way, THE 90's, Video Makers Choice, Viewers Choice

  Episode 405 of the award winning series, The 90’s. This episode is called “IT’S A MALL, MALL WORLD,” and features the following segments:

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  Daley, Reel 2

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Video Makers Choice

  A look at the life and career of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, produced for the 10-year anniversary of his death. The show is made up of interviews with Daley’s family, friends, colleagues, and critics, as well as much archival footage.

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  [Studs Terkel archival interviews]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  Studs Terkel interviews Richard Hunt, Vin Rosenthal, Theodore Sherrod, and Sterling “Red” Quinlan.

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #26]

  American Way, Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Raw footage for the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business and some who are already established. Interview with Tab Hunter, former matinee idol, in the Chateau Marmont hotel. Hunter talks about the impact of fame and stardom on people’s personalities. Frank Cavestani explains the mission of the project–to de-glamorize Hollywood and to show the reality of a Hollywood wannabe.