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  Chicago Slices – A Slice of Summer 1993

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  Chicago Slices was a local television series we produced 24 years ago. They were half-hour programs with four minutes of commercials, broadcast on independent channel 50, now owned by Fox TV. We created it to show interesting and offbeat local characters in short videos. As with many of the pioneering programs archived on Media Burn, it was an audience, critical and artistic success, but wasn’t financially viable for commercial television. Here’s a small slice of Chicago Slices from 1993. Watch the […]

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Mayor Daley Fishing Derby]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, GDDF, NHPRC-2

  MAYOR DALEY FISHING DERBY along the Chicago River. Interviews with fisherpeople competing in the derby to catch a tagged fish, which would win them a Harley-Davidson and other prizes.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Fish Market]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Skip Blumberg

  The tape features raw footage for the television show “Chicago Slices.” In this tape, videomaker Skip Blumberg visits L. Isaacson and Stein Fish Co., Inc. on Fulton Street, Chicago’s premiere fish market. Blumberg speaks with a number of customers and employees about their experiences at the market.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Jackson Park Lagoon and Golf Course]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities

  Raw footage of Andrew Jones interviewing boaters and fisherman at Jackson Park Lagoon for Chicago Slices. He then interviews African American golfers at Jackson Park Golf Course. He also speaks with garbage workers and visits the DuSable Museum of African American History.