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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #5]

  Making it in Hollywood, Roots of Video, Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll, Video Makers Choice

  Raw footage from the 1976 documentary “Making It In Hollywood,” which follows several actors as they attempt to break into the movie business. This tape features an interview with Sally Kirkland at her home.

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  Video Communication Unit

  Ant Farm, Guerrilla TV, Outside Agitators, Performance, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  A video letter from Doug Michels to Tom Weinberg documenting the Ant Farm’s tour of Australia. It begins with an onscreen introduction by Doug Michels and includes several appearances on Australian television shows, including some outrageous behavior.

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  [Studs Terkel with Dave Marsh, part 1]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  Raw footage of Studs Terkel with music critic Dave Marsh on WFMT, who is promoting his new book “The Heart Of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.” Terkel plays clips from Marsh’s list of the greatest rock singles ever made while Marsh explains their deep connections to society and culture. (Note: while music plays, their dialogue is inaudible.)

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  [Halsted Street TV Show guest booth]

  Guerrilla TV, Performance, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  The Halsted Street TV Show was a video project started by Tom Weinberg and Scott Jacobs. At a storefront on Halsted Street in Chicago, independent videomakers and artists held screenings and discussions of their work. This tape is of a private booth where attendees could voice their opinions on the night’s show (the contents of which are not completely identified).

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  [Making It In Hollywood raw #59]

  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. A continuation of footage inside Schwab’s drugstore where several actors are interviewed about their careers.

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  Tom Weinberg reads the Wall Street Journal – Bill Tabb reads U.S. News and World Report

  Performance, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Two pieces by Paper Tiger Television: Tom Weinberg reads the Wall Street Journal (1982) and Bill Tabb reads U.S. News and World Report (1982).

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  [Studs Terkel with Dave Marsh, part 2]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  Continuation of raw footage of Studs Terkel with music critic Dave Marsh on WFMT, who is promoting his new book “The Heart Of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.” Terkel plays clips from Marsh’s list of the greatest rock singles ever made while Marsh explains their deep connections to society and culture. (Note: while music is playing, their dialogue is inaudible.)

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  Image Union, episode 0009: Women

  Chicago Politics, Eleanor Boyer, Guerrilla TV, Image Union, Roots of Video, Video Makers Choice

  Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Jane Byrne Election Night” by Scott Jacobs with Cindy Neal and Lilly Ollinger,”La Traviata” by Catherine DeJong, “Four Women Over 80” by Max Greenberg, an excerpt from “Two is Better” by Jane Gaines, “Rugby Women” by Eleanor Boyer, a tape from the Community TV Network, “Curtain” by Barbara Laitham, an excerpt from “Self Defense” by Michelle Citron, and “Girls Talk Liberation” by Lilly Ollinger.