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  [It’s A Living raw #20]

  Chicago, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Studs Terkel

  Raw footage from “It’s a Living,” the 1975 documentary inspired by the Studs Terkel book “Working.” This tape features Terkel interviewed in his office at Chicago’s WFMT radio station.

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  [Transfer of Lithuanian woman – Youth conference]

  Anda Korsts, Chicago, Roots of Video

  0:00 An elderly Lithuanian woman is interviewed while working in on a factory line sorting defective machine parts. She describes her pleasure in decorating her workstation with flowers. She reads some of the German philosophical quotations about loneliness and death (which make her giggle) that she keeps at her station to exercise her mind. She is very friendly and is disappointed when the interview is done so quickly. (B&W) 6:35 Black. 6:39 This material was taped over for the Lithuanian […]

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  Image Union, episode 0324

  Image Union

  Two part Image Union episode featuring “On Strike” by Kartemquin Films and “Grand Turk: The Grand Canyon of Coral.”

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  Image Union, episode 0339

  Image Union, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Image Union episode featuring “Can’t Take No More” by Janet Hayman Jenny Durin.

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  Image Union, episode 0923

  Chicago, Image Union

  Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of more than ten video artists. The videos focus on political satire, experimentation, and critical documentary. The artists include Warren Leming, Nate Herman, Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Synder, Steve Wolfson, Chip Lord, Paul Jessel, and Bill Langdon.

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  Image Union, episode 0426

  Chicago, Image Union, Roots of Video, Studs Terkel, Viewers Choice

  An episode of Image Union featuring the work “One Sturdy String” by Mirko Popadic. A history of traditional Serbian music. Some footage from Popadic’s “Serbian Wedding” tape. We see the different ways Serbian Chicagoans incorporate this music into their lives, from extremely traditional performances to weddings to rock interpretations. We see footage of the Kapugi brothers playing the tamburitza. There is a lot of talk about the happiness produced by Serbian music and about the ways it combines with American music. Followed by “Studs Terkel at the Steel Mill” featuring Studs Terkel interviewing steel worker and organizer Alice Peurala.

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  It’s A Living

  Anda Korsts, Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Judy Hoffman, NHPRC, Roots of Video, Studs Terkel, Tom Weinberg, Viewers Choice

  A video documentary inspired by Studs Terkel’s book “Working,” featuring six different workers talking about their lives and their jobs, in addition to Studs himself.

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  [Rocking the Boat: Studs Terkel’s 20th Century rough cut]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  Documentary on activism and the labor movement.