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• Phoebe Legere

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  Raw footage shot for “The 90’s” following musician/artist Phoebe Legere backstage and onstage during one of her concerts at Chicago’s China Club. Features some good backstage footage of Phoebe, her backing band, and her entourage. While backstage, Phoebe speaks of her recent ventures into video art, and creati ng her own music videos. Other discussion topics include: Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and the 1992 election. When onstage Phoebe performs several songs and plays the accordion.

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  Artbeat Chicago, episode 404

  Chicago, NHPRC, Performance, Studs Terkel

  In this episode of Artbeat Chicago, the renovation and renewal of the Chicago Theater district is discussed, a young actress playing the role of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson is profiled, a throng of classic black art is showcased in the downtown gallery scene, and a production based on the life of Peggy Guggenheim is visited. Studs Terkel briefly appears in the piece on Mahalia Jackson.

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  [Halsted Street TV Show: Dragan performance]

  Performance, 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. Tonight features a live performance by Yugoslavian performance artist The Great Dragan, followed by a question and answer session.

• [Media Burn outtakes]

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  This tape contains little footage that is not in the final cut. The only added material is more news coverage and an interview with a Channel 2 cameraman.

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  [The 90’s raw: Fax Art & Black Memorabilia]

  American Way, Black, Communities, Eddie Becker, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. A fax art show and a black memorabilia trade show.

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  Image Union, Episode 1609: A Tribute To Juan Downey

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  A collection of video art pieces by Juan Downey, who had recently passed away.

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  Weekend In Moscow [unofficial art]

  Global Village, Skip Blumberg

  Skip Blumberg goes to the Soviet Union to investigate “unofficial artists” – those not sanctioned by the state.

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  [The 90’s raw: NEA artists’ press conference]

  American Way, Outside Agitators, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. At a press conference held by several artists who were denied Nation Endowment for the Arts funding because their work was deemed obscene by NEA chairman John E. Frohnmayer. The main theme of each speaker seems to be that because Frohnmayer has caved in to the conservatives in Congress, he has not served to protect and foster art, as is his mission as NEA chairman.