[Watch It! tease]
0:00 Black.
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. WTTW’s Marty Robinson does six takes of a promo for “The Primary.”
00:00 Slate and count-in 00:15 A Native American speaker introduces a performance, and then performs a song about American soldiers with other Native American vocalists and drummers. Opening titles. 10/10/92 in Denver Colorado. The Native American speakers perform a ceremony for the crowds of onlookers and media. The main speaker talks to cameras about stopping the celebration of Columbus Day in Denver, CO. He discusses the effects of Columbus’ legacy on the legal rights of Native Americans. “Today we’re gonna […]
Segments for The 90’s election specials. “Vote” by Ann Carlson and Mary Ellen Strom and “Witness” by Mary Ellen Strom.
00:00 Jerry Brown discusses the problem of sound bites in politics. He talks about the problems of political exposure in a media who cares more about championing money-advocated candidates. “We’re getting increasingly empty images.” He talks about the need for greater participation on behalf of the people, and less reliance on media images. 18:10 End of tape.
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. The first part of tape is footage of Greg Kurtz at Colorado Rockies baseball practice at Denver University in the early part of the team’s existence, on June 14, 1992. (The team did not begin National League play until the following year.) Kurtz speaks onscreen about the team in the manner of a sportscaster. The second half of the tape covers the Rainbow Family tribal gathering in Rainbow Valley in Colorado. Peace groups from throughout Colorado and the world have convened for a few days on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Rainbow Family, culminating in a moment of silent prayer for world peace on the Fourth of July. The group is very cautious about the media, and there is lots of footage of drum circles, a hippie wedding, and other such activities. The footage is from July 1, 1992.
Footage for The 90’s election specials. President H.W. Bush footage (including the vomiting incident in Japan) and footage of Pat Buchanan. From CNN.
From “Photo Op”, produced by Ridge Theatre at LaMama Annex, June 1992.