DIVE Promo V.4
Promotional video for the DIVE project, a precursor to the Media Burn Archive, featuring Columbia College professor Russell Porter interviewing founder Tom Weinberg.
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[DIVE launch speeches]
Camera original footage of the DIVE launch event at Columbia College with speeches by Russell Porter, Michael Niederman, Thea Flaum, and Tom Weinberg. DIVE was the precursor to the Media Burn Archive.
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[DIVE launch speeches and reception]
Camera original footage of the DIVE launch event at Columbia College with speeches by Russell Porter, Michael Niederman, Thea Flaum, and Tom Weinberg. DIVE was the precursor to the Media Burn Archive.
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Farewell to the Ultimate Cool Gent, Herb Kent
Renowned giant of Chicago radio and larger than life personality Herb Kent died last Saturday, October 22, at the age of 88. Known as the “mayor of Bronzeville,” he grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing project and attended Hyde Park High School. Arguably, Kent‘s most influential position was from 1962 to 1970 at Chicago’s WVON. The station was and is an integral part of Chicago’s black community. Kent kept his thumb on the pulse of the community and was a […]
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For Fathers Day: Bill Veeck on his Daddy
“He was the nicest man I’ve ever met. I guess that’s going out of style talking about your parents that way but, he was.” -Bill Veeck When legendary ball club owner, Bill Veeck Jr., was being posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, his wife Mary Frances spoke of some of Veeck’s professional commandments. Among them, “in your hiring be color-blind, gender-blind, age-and-experience blind.” For Veeck, everyone held the potential to teach him something. Famous for his wild and […]
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Here Come the Videofreex: Chicago Premiere
New Doc About Pioneering Video Collective Here Come the Videofreex Chicago premiere A film by Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin Tuesday, May 17 8:00pm Thursday, May 19 8:00pm *with special guests Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St. Chicago, IL This week, the Gene Siskel Film Center will host the Chicago premiere of Here Come the Videofreex. The documentary chronicles the pioneering efforts of the Videofreex, a collective of radical videographers who snatched a front row seat on street-level history in the turbulent Sixties and […]
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Michael Johnson Epilogue
3 years after the documentary about him (“The Other M.J.”), Michael Johnson is interviewed in front of United Center about how his life has changed.
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Kennedy Women: Construction workers on the Kennedy Expressway, 1993
Construction season is upon us again, and the Kennedy Expressway is about to get hit with some serious lane closures over the next few weekends, with the first round starting this evening. It’s part of the project to replace Ontario Street Bridge, and it’s expected to cause major traffic disruptions. The frustration of road construction is nothing new to Chicagoans, but we often don’t spend much time thinking about the people on the other side of the orange cones. That’s […]