Artist-reporter Franklin McMahon discusses his work and the inspirations and interests that lead him to cover particular people and events. This pa...
Three men (Harry Hilfinger, Robert Davis, and Fred Kautzman) encourage people to follow rules set by the air raid warden in the event of an air rai...
A short film depicting the white supremacist ideology of the National Socialist Party of America and its former leader, Frank Collin. The film adop...
"A search for the true identity of the Beatles walrus. Is he preserved in stone in Crystal Palace Park? Is he lurking in Henry VIII's suit of armor...
Chicago artists Rodney Quiriconi, John Heinz, Marcia Daehn and Tom Palazzolo playfully film each other eating Celeste brand sausage pizza by candle...
Silent footage of an amateur circus performance in a backyard in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen in the 1980s.
Documentary film made about Chicago independent filmmaker Tom Palazzolo for the United States Information Agency.
Footage documenting a toy drive – “Toys for Tots” – held at a leather bar / motorcycle club in Chicago, called the Baton Lounge. The club was origi...
A film produced by John Ott highlighting various plants which exhibit unusual behavior. These include the pitcher plant, sundew, Venus flytrap, and...
Underexposed scenes from a backyard barbecue in Logan Square, featuring members of the "Logan Square Rhinos" — a group of small gauge filmmakers th...
Footage of neo-Nazi Frank Collin speaking in front of a swastika is mutilated with bleach, scratches and markers, and intercut with footage of a ba...
Experimental short featuring light and shadow patterns around an apartment and on filmmaker Chuck Kleinhans' legs and feet. It was likely made whil...
Inspired in part by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and set to music from Wagner's opera Lohengrin, Richardson's technically ...
Instructional film that demonstrates the basic strokes used in synchronized swimming and such routines as dolphin, porpoise, somersaults, corkscrew...
Industrial film detailing how Avon Cosmetics factory workers can be more productive.
Time-lapse footage of a coffee plant blooming.
Ott shot his time-lapse plant footage in his Winnetka greenhouse. He installed automatic...
Ott shot his time-lapse plant footage in his Winnetka greenhouse. He installed automatic...