Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring "TV Magic Ballots" by Nate Herman and Warren Leming, "Assassins" with Joe Mantegna and Jack Wallace, "Chicago Blues" by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse, work from Jane Veeder, excerpts from "Now We Live On Clifton" by Kartemquin Films, stopmotion animation, an interview by "My Sister's Cutting Room" during a dog's birthday party, and "The Bums" by Scott Jacobs and Valjean McLenighan 1976. The second half of the episode features "Electronic Masks" by Barbara Sykes, an excerpt from "Paper Roses" by Maxi Cohen and Joel Gold, and "Television Delivers People" by Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman.
Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Busia and Cioc" by Valjean McLenighan, "Newsquake" by Warren Leming and Nate Herman, scenes from "Think Twice" by Ruiz Bevis Community TV Class, "Going Shopping" by Andrew Aaron, "Beach Ball Boogie" by Annette Barbier, "Phoneme Frolics" by Dana Hogdon, "Silly Geese," "The White Rock Blues" by Sally and Ray Cioni, scenes from "Making it in Hollywood" by Frank Cavestani, "Listen, Santa" by Lilly Ollinger, and "Teagarden" by Dana Hodgdon.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Cold Cows" by Franklin Miller, "Dr. John and Martha Faye" by David Obermeyer, "Christmas Morning in Sister Bay" by Dan Sandin, "The Santa Tapes" by Scott Jacobs, "Another Millionaire" by Tom Palazzolo, and "The Circus" by Jean Sousa.
Compilation episode of Image Union called "People and Their Music," featuring a documentary about fiddlers by Victoria Hamburg, Dana Hodgdon, and John Peaslee, "Celebrating Fifty Years of Tamburitza Music" by Mirko Popadic and Gordana Trbuhovich Grasa, "Chicago Blues" by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse, "It Ain't City Music" by Tom Davenport, a tribute to Chicago blues by Raul Zaritsky, Jim Morrissette, and Linda Williams, "Music from the Heart" by Victoria Spivey, and "The Luckies" by Fred Colon.
Labor/work-focused compilation episode of Image Union, hosted by Studs Terkel. It features several segments from the Illinois Labor History Society, "It's a Living: When I Was a Worker Like LaVerne" by Skip Blumberg and Jane Aaron, "Uno Mas" by Mike Torro, Iris Bruno, and Jose Claudio, "Packingtown U.S.A. by William Adelman," and "Winnie Wright, Age 11" and "Trick Bag" by Kartemquin Films.
For this episode, Image Union took an adventure trip into unexplored television territory. With home computer, video system and related technology as topics, the program went away from its original structure and produced a thirty-minute-clip that is repeated twice. Processed video is combined with real life acting television. Computer games take turns with shots in a Mexican landscape, studio production with graphic animations. They show the variety of art forms in television.
Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Chairs" by Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Synder, "Helen Lishman for Mayor" by Warren Leming, "Picture Box," "Waiting," and "Saturday Morning" by Dan Curry, "Commuting to Tomorrow" by Scott Fivelson, "Cycling Keeps Me Off the Streets" by Mirko Popadic, "Men in the Street, Sardines in the Bus" by Jiffy Vidinc, "To Die a Cowboy" by James Wright, Jr., "Black Spirit Boogie" by Kenneth Shearer, "Other Leading Brand 11-2-76" by Scott Walker, a film by E.E. Seiter, and "Gotta Sing" by Bill Melamed.
Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Truthfully Speaking" by Dana Hogdon, "Ricky and Rocky" by Tom Palazzolo, "Movement in Black and White" by Les White, "Spouse Beater" by John Caldwell, "Tablatoons" by Roger Anderson, a segment from The Video News, "Dancing Grain" by Dan Curry, a segment from the TBA Comedy Show, and "35 Years" by Slawomir Kojro.
Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Jane Byrne Election Night" by Scott Jacobs with Cindy Neal and Lilly Ollinger,"La Traviata" by Catherine DeJong, "Four Women Over 80" by Max Greenberg, an excerpt from "Two is Better" by Jane Gaines, "Rugby Women" by Eleanor Boyer, a tape from the Community TV Network, "Curtain" by Barbara Laitham, an excerpt from "Self Defense" by Michelle Citron, and "Girls Talk Liberation" by Lilly Ollinger.
Animation compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Appeal" by Kevin Dole, "Freedom Is" by Ron Crawford, "Your Astrology for December 13th" by Peter Dakis, "Yo Yo the Clone" by Lillian and J.P. Somersaulter, "Saturday Night Sickness," "Superman Trailer" by Dick Greenberg, and a series of examples from several animation studios.
Hour long compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Recorded Live" by Steve Wilson, "Balloons" by Steve Walker, Ed Greenberg, and Richard Auchter, "Hush Hoggies Hush: Tom Johnson's Praying Pigs" by Bill Ferris and Judy Peiser, "Rocky Horror" by Jim Doherty, "Mi Amor Disperato" by Vittorio Linguini, "Sports-Action Profiles" by Kartemquin Films, and "Burb Baby Burn" by Dana Young.
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Image Union episode featuring "Chairs" by Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Synder, "Helen Lishman for Mayor" by Warren Leming, "Saturday Morning," "Picture Box," "Waiting," and "Howard to Englewood" by Dan Curry, and "Commuting to Tomorrow" by Scott Fivelson.
Work by Chicago commercial filmmakers. There is a mix of actual commercials, parodies, and regular films. Works include "The Honeymooners" by Goldsholl Associates, "Four Commercials" by Paul Chen, "The Ritz Newsiola" by Siporin Film Productions, and "American School for Stuntmen" by Michael K. Goi.
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Image Union episode featuring "Too Late for Me" by William Alvelo.
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Compilation Image Union episode featuring "Miss East Side Chicago Beauty Contest" by Tom Palazzolo, "Steven and Joel" by Ken Solarz, and "Insights" by Nick Despota.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Street Show Auditions" by Drew Brown, Annette Barbier, Jerry Moyemont, and Jim Fahrenwald, "Rock Against Racism" by Jim Nitti and Jim Pasta, "Voices of the People" by Nancy Cruz, Sandra Ortiz, Mirko Popadic, Sandra Rogers, and Denise Zaccardi, and "Continued to Death" by Scott Jacobs, Tony Medici, and Mirko Popadic.
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Short show #24 (8/18/79) and #25 (8/25/79). From same 3/4". Plus :35 promo. Works include "Chicago Blues" by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse and "Four Women Over 80" by Sandra May Greenberg.
Short show #25 (8/25/79). From same 3/4". Plus :35 promo. Works include "Chicago Blues" by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse and "Four Women Over 80" by Sandra May Greenberg.
Two part Image Union episode featuring "Now and Then" by Lilly Ollinger and "It's Not Like That No More" by Rudy Horn.
Image Union's late-night special from 1:45-2:37 a.m. Features a collection of "films and video tapes you don't usually see on TV": various short films, commercials, viewer phone calls, music, and interviews.
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Image Union episode featuring "The Laughing Alligator" by Juan Downey. Color video. A video art piece examining Downey's experience living with the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon Rainforest.
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An episode of Image Union featuring seven short, experimental films.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Festival of the Saws" and "Ugly Dog Contest" by Skip Blumberg and Jules Backus, and "Autoparts" by Chip Lord and Phil Garner.
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Image Union episode "Space and Video" featuring "Reflection" by David Hoffman, :The Ballad of Captain Video" by The Video Brothers, "Yo Yo the Clone," by Lillian and J.P. Somersaulter, and "Dog License" by Paul Jessel and Bill Langdon.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Defense for Atomic Attack" by Allen Ross of Chicago Filmmakers, clips from "Media Burn" by Ant Farm, and "The Pope's Visit" by Joseph McGarry.
This episode of Image Union is a remake of Image Union #1. See http://mediaburn.org/video/image-union-episode-1/.
Episode of Image Union featuring music videos, live performances, and comedy segments by the band Cool Dreams.
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This episode of Image Union is in honor of International Women's Day. Works include "Festival De Mujeres" by Eleanor Boyer and Karen Peugh and "La Llaronda" by Nancy de los Santos, Librado Martinez III, Eugene Lisansky, and Jeff Chown.
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Image Union episode featuring "Cost of Cotton" by Luis Argueta and David Temple. Documentary about the negative impact of cotton farming in Guatemala. The main focus is on the use of dangerous pesticides, specifically DDT
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Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Television Answer Man," "Skippy Peanut Butter Jars" by Copper Giloth, "Campaign" by Tom Palazzolo, "Short Train Short" by Jeanne Meyers, Mark Cavanagh, and Tom McMahon, and "Russian Rag" by Joseph McGarry.
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“Image Union No. 222: Art Institute Video” Image Union introduction. Voiceover describes that this episode will present video work from students at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
Image Union episode featuring "Bronx Baptism" by Dee Dee Halleck. Color film. Shot at a Puerto Rican Pentecostal Church in the Bronx during a mass baptism. Opens with title cards explaining the way the Pentecostal faith provides an inroads for Puerto Rican immigrants to find community in New York City. This video has Spanish audio with English subtitles.
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Image Union episode featuring an excerpt from "Four More Years" by TVTV, a documentary taped at the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, FL. The tape focuses on several aspects of the convention, including the support Nixon received from young Republicans, the media coverage of the event, and the protests inside and outside of the convention. The end result of the spectacle was the nomination of Richard Nixon for President and Spiro Agnew for Vice President.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Every Saturday night" by Craig Somers, "Grandmother's Bedtime Story" by Michael Hitchcock, and "It's Not Like That No More" by Rudy Horn.
Twp part Image Union episode featuring "30 Candles Burning" by Curtis Fisher and "Fistful of Death" by Motiaytis Van Pelt.
Episode 303 of the award winning series, The 90's. This episode is called "BARTALK" and features the following segments:
Two part Image Union episode featuring "King of the Z's" by Stephen Winer and Karl Teidemann and "North Star Racers" by Cindy Neal.
Compilation Image Union episode featuring "The Music of Erich Zann" by John Strysik, "Heavenly Bodies" by Karen Aqua, "Strata" by Lori Dresner, and a piece by Laugh Track.
A series of short films shown on Image Union.
Image Union episode from September 1980 featuring: "Right to Strike" by Ramazan Ajdini and Jean de Segonzac, a documentary about the 1980 Chicago firemen's strike; and "Double Think" by Janice Tanaka, an experimental film about Japanese internment during World War II.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Always Late" by Mitchell Kriegman, "Advanced Riding Bowl" by Connie Coleman and Alan Powell, "The Chicago Cycling Classic" by Karen Conner, and "Cetacean" by Chip Dodsworth. The tapes in this program were selected for showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Compilation Image Union episode featuring "Shopper Ph.D" by Diana Stoneberg, "Cheat-U-Fair" by Columbia College's Visual Production Seminar Class, and "Passion of the Lion" by Vince Waldron.
Image Union episode featuring "Hard Bargain" by Michael Pack. The episode ends with a fake commercial for "Vinyl-On."
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Stampede" by Ken Brown, "Manifest" by WSIU-TV, "Along the Way" by Steve Eagle, "Measure of Volatility" by Shalom Gorewitz, "Reception" by Michael Patterson, and "Kustom Kwikies" by Norman E. Magden.
Two part Image Union episode featuring "The Cleansing" by John Davies and John Petrakis and "Giving Way" by Gaylon Emerzian.
Image Union episode featuring "Say Day-O" by Dennis Darmek.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "The Dirt Bike" by Dan Mostowki, "My Car" by Josiah Preston Halstead, and "Black Dawn" by Robin Lloyd.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "The Long and Winding Road" by Dean Kendrick, "Clockwork," "Iron on Courage" by Wazmo Vision, and "Assyrian Destiny in the Middle East" by Ben Polus and John Yonan.
An episode of the independent film and video showcase, Image Union, featuring Blue Monday by Spike Jones and Michael Prussian. Mark Naftalin (piano) and his band perform a jazz concert. Charles Houff, Dr. Wild Willie Moore and Frankie Lee are guest stars.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Secret Horror" by Michael Smith and Mark Fischer, "A Brat Tale" by Diane Benkendorf, "Shibboleth" by Richard Alpert, and a clip from "Four More Years" by TVTV.
Two part Image Union episode featuring "On Strike" by Kartemquin Films and "Grand Turk: The Grand Canyon of Coral."
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Jane Byrne Election Night" by Cindy Neal and Lilly Ollinger, "Don't Rain on my Boufont" by Diana Stoneberg, and "Uptown Mellow Drama" by Ron Shook.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Ellen and Lynda Kahn, Max Almy, Norman Magdon and Tom Erickson, Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman, Jane Veeder, and Bart Friedman and Nancy Cain.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Black Forest Trading Post" by Stuart Klein and Andrew Lugg, "Cinetract Emotional Fascism" by Tom Corboy, "Sun Run" and "Star Crazy" by Rufus Butler Seder, "The Underground Water Source" by J.P. and Lilian Somersaulter, and "Old Age: A True Story" by Alan Marcus.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Crazy Frank" by Columbia College Film Department Visual Production Seminar, "Cheez Whiz" by Norm Bruns, "Wedding Song" by Mirko Popadic, and "Don't Let it Bother You" by Dimitri M.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Dan Sandin" by Christine de Lignieres, "Video Junkins" by Nancy Simon Harris, and "Duck and Cover."
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Happy Endings" by Tom Corboy, "Fashion Show" by Theo Eshetu, "Poetry 9-5" by Jim Ferguson.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Effects of TV" by Bob Mickens, "The North Loop Redevelopment Follies" by The Visual Production Seminar of Columbia College, "Video and the Detectives" by Declan Quinn and Harriet Gordon, and "This is Real" by Michael D. Cook.
Image Union episode featuring "Can't Take No More" by Janet Hayman Jenny Durin.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Street Scene" by Andy Aaron, "Secret Horror" by Michael Smith and Mark Fischer, and "Olympic Fragments" by John Sanborn and Kit Fitzgerald.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Summer Camp" by Phil Rosenthal, "The Sandwichman" by Jon Freedman, and "Aircraft Sear" by uncredited videomakers.
Two part Image Union episode featuring "The Sadness of a Cleaning Woman at Midnight" by Deborah Scholinski and Milo Yelesiyevich and "Time" by Daryl Moore.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "In the Course of Time" by Jac Rubenstein and Dan Andries, "Faces" by Dino Malcolm, "Circus Magic" by an uncredited filmmaker, "The Laws of Physics" by Dick Schaefer, and "No Gasoline" by Dino Malcolm.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "TV" by Robert Medich, "George Talking Straight" by Jean de Segonzac and Marian Marzynski, and "Between Dots" by Arturo Cubacub.
Image Union episode featuring "I'd Like to Hate Myself in the Morning" by Michael Carlin. Black and white film that depicts the grim consequences of going on a diet and giving up smoking at the same time.
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. "Cause I've Already Been To Hell" by Marianne Hjertstrand and Birgitta Karlstrom. This film focuses on the difficulty Vietnam veterans have had dealing with the psychological impact of their tour of duty. The tape is structured mainly around footage of a roomful of veterans discussing their experiences with each other, cutting to other interviews with veterans at times, or having them narrate the stories behind gruesome war photographs. It was filmed in New York in May 1981.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring music videos. Songs include "PRL 8-53," "Vasectomy," and "How It's Done" by Phil 'N' the Blanks, "Video Child" by The Almighty Crabbes, "Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling" by The Suburbs, "Language is a Virus" by Laurie Anderson, "and "Television Delivers People" by Richard Serra and Carlota Fay Schoolman. "Television Delivers People" is not a music video, per se, but a text-based manifesto.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring work by Jeff Lint and the Chicago Filmmakers. Segments include "Duck," "Imperialist Overture," "Flowchart," and "Defense for Atomic Attack."
Episode of Image Union featuring the work "Pandemonium" by Frank Garvey. Color video. An eerie experimental short set in the decaying industrial ruins of Chicago.
This episode of Image Union features "Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party" by Videotunes. Mark Naftalin (piano) and his band perform a blues concert. John Lee Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite, Luther Tucker, and Frances Clay are guest stars.
An episode of Image Union featuring "Pass/Fail" by Roy Campanella, Jr.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "The Space Cadets" by Heather McAdams, "The Cough" by Teddy Dibble, "Duet for Tap and Galoshes" by Laurie McDonald, "City Slickers" by Rufus Butler Seder, and "Sunstone" by Ed Emshwiller.
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.
Episode of Image Union featuring the work "Love Tapes" by Wendy Clarke. "Love Tapes" is a collection of videos from an experiment in which people were allowed to sit alone in a cubicle, only with a video camera and monitor, and talk about love for three minutes. Hundreds of people participated in this experiment, and this collection features 8 full length tapes.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring music videos. Music videos include "PRL 8-53," "Vasectomy," and "How It's Done" by Phil 'N' the Blanks, "Video Child" by The Almighty Crabbes, "Tape Your Wife to the Ceiling" by the Suburbs, "Language is a Virus" by Laurie Anderson, and "September" by Floyd Dillman.
Image Union episode featuring "Inside Spring Training" by Tom Weinberg. A look at the 1978 White Sox at preseason practice in Florida.
This episode features 9 thirty-second commercials produced for performance artists in addition to several short films. NOTE: The artists commercials are not available online. This means the timecodes are not accurate for the online version.
"Cocaine Express" is a short documentary about the experiences of photographer Henry Herr Gill and writer Rick Soll, journalists for the Chicago Sun Times. They describe the details and enormous scale of the underground drug trade between the United States and nations in South America. The footage is mostly black and white photographic stills with Gill and Soll narrating. They trace their steps through different South and Central American towns, and talk about various characters and situations they encountered along the way.
Two part episode of Image Union featuring two films: "The Neightborhood" by W. Schwartz and A.J. Kornbluth and "A Letter From Trinidad" by Myrna Changar.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring works by Vincent Collins, Davidson Gigliotti & Michael Smith, Tony Buba, Brad Sherman, Terry Beebe-Wolfgram, and Phil Jordan, and Gus Van Sant. Works include animation, comedy, and documentary.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Mike Tracy, Jay Miracle, and Davidson Gigliotti. Tracy's "Backabout" is a film shown in reverse for comedic effect; Miracle's "Any Family" is a documentary about a family who raises circus animals; and Gigliotti's "Risk" is a performance piece.
Compilation episode of Imgae Union featuring the work of artists Paul Snajdr, Davidson Gigliotti, and Robert Millman. The latter two artists produced surreal art pieces for the episode.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring work by Chris Schmidt and Tim Johnson, Arnold Leibovit, Barbara Popvic and Rafael Gomez, and Ken Gilford and Virginia Gorski. Segments include, respectively, "Surprise Party," "Penny Lane," "Alley," and "Heart and Sole."
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Randy Marcus, Ricke Pukis, Judy Whitaker, Niek Reus, and Angelo Restivo
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring music videos. Music by the Talking Heads, Phil 'N The Blanks, and others.
Image Union episode featuring "Full of Grace" by Peter McCarthy. B&W film. A short drama about a woman whose life falls apart after her alcoholic brother drives a rift between her and her fiancé.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Sherrie White and Dean Kendrick. The works include a documentary about protests against nuclear proliferation and animation.
Image Union episode featuring "Dance in Silence" by Annette Barbier. Color video. A piece that documents a dance program for hearing-impaired young adults. It follows the dance troupe from rehearsals to their final performance.
Image Union episode featuring "Days of Swine and Roses" by Dennis Darmek. Color video. A documentary about the Wisconsin State Fair. The various activities and oddities at the fair are showcased, including pig and cattle shows; performances; and a freak show.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring music videos. Songs from Teenage Radiation, Desmond and Bohemia, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Michael Block, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Compilation episode from Image Union featuring the work of artists Drew Morey, John Cline, and Trudi Baldwin.
Episode of Image Union featuring "A Hunger Artist" by John Strysik. B&W film. An adaptation of a Franz Kafka story about a man who fasts for long periods of time for the enjoyment of gawking sideshow audiences.
Image Union episode #520. Featuring "Hon-Knee-Moon in Lower Manhattan" by David Robinson, "Delivery Man" by Emily Hubley, "Dirt" by Mike Connor and "Time's T-Bone" by John J. McClintock.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Cynthia Neal, Lilly Ollinger, and Tom Weinberg. Works include footage from Chicago's Deep Tunnel Project, a portrait of an 11-year-old marathon runner, and an interview with a producer of x-rated pornographic films.
Image Union program featuring the documentary "Death in the West," a British anti-tobacco film. The film focuses on the then-controversial issue of whether smoking is harmful to a person's health and features interviews with people on both sides of the issue. It is framed by the stories of several real cowboys with lung cancer, in order to counteract the image of smoking as a masculine activity.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring footage of Richard J. Daley and Jane Byrne. The episode also features animation from Paul Jessel and Bill Langdon and video from Nick Despota, John Mabey, and Bob Synder, Waren Leming, and Nate Herman.
A tape of the award winners of the 1982 U.S. Television Commercials Festival.
This Image Union episode has three major parts. The first is a look back on the Chicago amusement park, Riverview, the second is a piece on the Illinois lottery by Tom Palazzolo, and the third is a reminisce on vaudeville performance by Rudy Horn, a former Vaudeville performer.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Brian Thomas, Patricia Hemmingway-Seale, and Bill O'Neil. Also included is a music video by E&C Media produced for Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, Gary Maier, and the band Teenage Radiation.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring a collection of music videos and comedy sketches all made by Roger Bain. The collection is called The Barking Gecko Video Review.
Petrified Man by Denise Bostrom. Adapted from a story by Eudora Welty. Color video. Takes place in the 1950s in a Southern beauty shop. The women gossip, occasionally interrupted by cigarette commercials from the period.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Let Them Eat Cheese" by Kirk von Heflin, "The Treadmill" by The Video Brothers, "Dangerous Stranger" and "Industrialization of Dream Ejaculating Ecstasy of Mind" by Stevo Wolfson, and "The Glass" by Doug Hall.
Mayoral Commercials by Lynn Sweet. This tape collects many of the political ads from the 1983 race for mayor of Chicago. The ads are shown in approximately consecutive order. First there are the ads for the Democratic primary race between Jane Byrne, Richard M. Daley, and Harold Washington, followed by ads from the general election between Harold Washington and Bernard Epton. Many of the ads are smears, so it is interesting to see them in close succession responding to each other. Includes ad featuring Studs Terkel for Washington.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Monica Kendall, Taggart Siegel and Steven Jandacek, Nancy R. Stone, Carl Gustafson, and Michael Heister. Works include animation, drama, and documentary.
"Trapped" by Lutz Becker and James Scott. Color video. A depressed man looks back on his tumultuous life while contemplating suicide. It mixes newly shot video footage and stock film footage of major events of the '60
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Robert Skiles, Gaylon Emerzian, Brad Sherman, Chel White and Michel Le Blanc, Mark Pritchard, and Mark Listizia and Patrick Reilly. Works include animation, comedy, and drama.
"Uptown Christian Soldiers" is a short, well-balanced documentary about Jesus People USA in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. JPUSA offers emergency housing, long-term housing for disadvantaged persons, and a daily meal program. JPUSA also operates several small businesses in the neighborhood. Program features interviews from administrators, community members, former members, and the families of members. There is also footage from within the dining halls of the ministry and the dormitories bought by the church.
Video portrait of Las Vegas in the late 1970's.
Compilation episode of Image Union. All segments in this episode are videos with musical accompaniment, no dialogue or narration. The videos are from Paul Gray, John Stevenson and David Liston, Scott Miller, John Stein, and City Video Productions.
The episode of Image Union features the documentary "Information Withheld" by Juan Downey. The documentary focuses on signs and symbols used around the world.
Featuring WBBM's Diane Abt interview with Mayor Harold Washington and "The Nixon Tape" by Deris Jeannette, Elan Soltes, and Jodi Sibert.
A documentary about the U.S. citizens who are living in Nicaragua and are opposed to the Reagan administration policy towards Nicaragua, including the possibility of a U.S. invasion.
An episode of the independent film and video showcase, Image Union, featuring "West Bank: Whose Promised Land?" by Esti Galili Marpet. A documentary about struggle between Israelis and Arabs in the Israeli occupied West Bank, a strip of land that has been a longtime subject of violent dispute. Includes interviews with several Israeli soldiers and settlers, several Palestinians, and several peace activists.
A tape of the award winners of the 1983 U.S. Television Commercials Festival. They are: Kolotex pantyhose, John Smith's Lager, Martini, Cinzano, Hellmann's Mayonnaise, Eggs, Yoplait yogurt, Samboy Chips, Tefal Toaster and Coffee Maker, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, British Airways, Falstaff Cigars, Terry's Famous Chocolate Orange, Western Australia, Spontex Sponge Cloths, American Lung Association, Miller's Outpost, U.S. Open on CBS Sports, Ford Escort, Chameleon Sunglasses, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Budweiser, Rainiers Beer, Stroh's Beer, Wendy's, Revlon, Timex Quartz, Kaypro Computer, Pioneer, Great America, Mastercard International, Sentry Insurance, D.O.C., MCI Long Distance, Megabucks, Brooklyn Bridge's 100th anniversary and Levi's.
An episode of Image Union featuring a concert performance and a few interviews from four Chicago-based New Wave bands: Bohemia, The Marquis, Phil N' The Blanks, and Screamin' Rachael and Remote.
This episode of Image Union features short pieces by three Chicago women: Laura Litten, Maggie Rawlings, and Sharon Zurek.
Image Union episode called "Rock n' Roll Disciples" by Thomas Corby. The work is a documentary about obsessive Elvis enthusiasts, who speak about their difficulties in dealing with the rock star's death.
Compilation episode from Image Union featuring the work of Paul Glickman, Marilyn Wulff, Terry Miller, and Teri Yarbrow. Also featured are award-winning commercials for Leyland Runner and Falstaff Cigars.
Image Union episode featuring the year's best commercials, 1984.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of more than seven artists: Maria Weidmann and Champ Clark, Paul Leaf, Alan Baranowski, Lisa Fremont, and Eli Noyes. Also on the videotape are two music videos for The Cleaning Ladys and Babie Brother.
"Reclaiming America" is a short documentary about the American Agriculture Movement's 1985 protest in front of the Chicago Board of Trade. The protesters, family farmers, target futures trading and the speculative shorting tactics used in the financial system. 49 protesters were arrested over two days. Footage focuses on speeches from Wayne Cryts, president of the American Agricultural Movement.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring all music videos. Musicians include Vassili Harakas, John Caldwell, and Lou Hinkhouse.
Film made with the Kwakwaka'wakw Indians (also called the Kwakiutl) of British Columbia about their struggles to preserve their cultural heritage. As an introduction to the piece, Chuck Olin explains that the documentary was not made simply about the tribe from the point of view of an outsider, it was made with them and for their own use. The potlach was a fundamental part of the Kwakiutl's culture and economy. However, the Canadian government declared it illegal, and in the 1920s they interrupted a potlach held by this tribe and stole all of the tribe's important artifacts. The tape celebrates the return of these artifacts t o the tribe and the building of a cultural center to house them. The film also deals with the tribe's attempts to preserve their language and culture.
Two tapes about animals - one about the gorilla, Sinbad, of the Lincoln Park Zoo and one about the dolphins and their trainers at the Brookfield Zoo. The works are "Sinbad Has Surgery" and "Everybody Loves Dolphins."
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Disarmament Survey. In the spring of 1982, 300 independent videomakers around the world produced a public opinion poll. People were interviewed on the street about their opinions on the nuclear arms race and disarmament. Responses were polarized.
Image Union episode featuring highlights from the 1985 National Video Festival, presented by the American Film Institute and sponsored by Sony Corporation of America. The program includes work from Jonathan Borofsky and Gary Glassman, Saundra Sharp, and Jean-Luc Godard.
Black and white film documenting a rapidly fading Jewish community in rural Romania. The film is treated like a diary piece with the photographer recounting his experiences living in the village in voiceover while we see images of daily life and of the elderly people who make up the town.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring two Christmas-themed videos: "All I Want for Xmas" by John Tondelli and "The Neopolitans-The Night Before Christmas" by Tony Izzo.
A collection of films and videos from the 1986 Women in the Director's Chair Festival.
A collection of International and North American winners from the 1985 U.S. Commercial Festival.
A documentary/video diary of a widowed woman's late-in-life romance with musician Wilbur Stump, the "dean of San Francisco pianobar entertainers." The woman, who is also the videomaker's mother, recalls how she met Stump, Stump's alcoholism, and their life together; friends and colleagues remember Stump's music and his relationship with his wife. The video consists mostly of current interviews; some home movies and videos are shown throughout.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Paul Thornton, James Vincent Minnice, and Kirk von Heflin. Topics include war and militarization (Thornton), narrative fiction (Minnice), and documentary (von Heflin).
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring five videos by Dan Dinello, including "Pink Triangles Rising." Music is from Fela Kuti, Knightklub, Magnum Force, Stations, and a composite of various radio broadcasts.
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.
Two part episode of Image Union featuring "AIDS: Questions and Answers" by The Community TV Network and "America: A Cocaine Addicted Society" by Brian Soifer.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring animation and surrealist work from Phoebe Legere, Martin Fischer, Terry deRoy Gruber, Matt Elson, and Keane.
This tape is a collection of works submitted to the Women in the Director's Chair Film and Video Festival.
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. A documentary shot at the Veterans' Day Parade in Chicago on June 19, 1986. Videomaker Denis Mueller interviews Vietnam vets who have been scarred by their experiences in the war and are now ardent anti-war activists, and are opposed to many policies of Ronald Reagan's administration. A highlight comes when Barry Romo, one of the founders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, speaks to high schoolers about the gruesome realities of fighting in a war.
This episode of Image Union features winners of the 1987 Mobius Awards for international commercials. Includes commercials from Vimto, Missouri Repertory Theater, Truckee Meadows Hospital, Lincoln Park Zoo, Fresh Mint, Golden Cob, Donate a Book, PSA for AIDS, K-Mart, Danskin, Genesee Cream Ale, Avia Fitness Shoes, Rapid Grow, Miller, Alka Seltzer, Australia, Wendy's, 4C, Good Sense Plastic Plates and Cups, Grundig, Changing Times, The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Eckerd Pharmacy, Miller Lite Beer, Yoplait, Twisties, Durex Condoms, Burger King, Fuji, Good Sense Bags, The AA, Telecom Eireann, and California Fresh Eggs.
Image Union episode featuring "Impressions of Harold: 1983-1987" by Bill Stamets.
Compilation episode from Image Union featuring six videos. Videographers include Marcy Lynn, Maggie Annerio and Suzanne Zach, Barbara Freeman Bell, Stan Hughes, Blair Holmes, and D.A. Pennebaker. The focus of the videos vary between experimental, animation, and documentary.
An episode of Image Union featuring two short documentary films. The first, called, "Universal Hotel" is a diary / documentary about one filmmaker's research of Nazi medical experiments in the prison camp at Dachau. The second, "Growing Up Multiracial" is a conversation between a group of people with multiracial backgrounds.
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring three videos by Julie Zammarchi, Marsha V. Morgan, and Teri Yarbrow.
Documentary dealing with the conflict between snowmobile advocates in Yellowstone National Park and those who wish Yellowstone could remain noise-free.
Commercialfest '88. The international winners of the 1988 Mobius Awards, featuring spots by SGIC Car Insurance, Uniroyal Tires, Telecom, Cosmopolitan, Federal Express, Anti-smoking Campaign, New Zealand Whiskey, Fison Levington Composts, Royal Bank of Scotland, The Drug Offensive, Heinz Baked Beans, Croft Original Sherry, AA, Lee Jeans, Miller Lite, Levis' Jeans, UKLA, MacKay King, New Zealand education PSA, Funder, Cimarron International.
Annette Barbier and her daughter Celine went to India for four months in 1988. Her tape documents the everyday lives of village women and muses philosophically about the cultural differences. In an unusual touch, Barbier translates the conversation between villagers as she shoots, so we have a unique opportunity to understand how her presence with a video camera makes them feel.
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. In December 1989, videomaker Andrew Jones was in Panama, working on a documentary about President Manuel Noriega. On the eve of the interview, the U.S. invaded Panama amid rising tensions between the two countries. The United States had been claiming the Noriega was a drug trafficker and dangerous to America. Jones spends time with the everyday Panamanians as well as Panamanian government officials, and as a result, becomes increasingly suspicious of the portrayal of the invasion by the U.S. government and media. The documentary includes powerful on the ground footage during the U.S. attack.
A special Halloween episode of Image Union.
A documentary about the campaigning during the 1988 Iowa Caucuses. Many of the 1988 presidential hopefuls are seen "shaking hands and kissing babies," while the media covers their every move. Shot on super-8 film with sync sound.
Special live episode of Image Union honoring work from the previous season.
Documentary about an African American man named Michael Johnson, who works on the floor crew at United Center, the home of the Chicago Bulls. (The title refers to this connection between the subject and basketball star Michael Jordan.) Johnson struggles to make ends meet on a minimum wage job amidst the pomp and circumstance of the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Through his candid reflections, one sees the struggle of many workers across the country as they are faced with limited employment options, no benefits, and no room for advancement. Some of the original footage was used in a program called "None of the Above," which investigated Americas non-voters.
Image Union's tribute to Joe Cummings.