Super 8mm film depicting a pro-Equal Rights Amendment demonstration in Chicago's Grant Park on May 10, 1980.
An eight-minute dialectical film about the politics of representation. More specifically, it examines the politics of filmic representation of wome...
A band of mysterious performers show up in small-town Illinois for a magic show with a horrific twist.
Made for a class project at Colu...
Made for a class project at Colu...
Home movie portrait of a perfect American family with subtle tongue-and-cheek acted out scenes on gender roles. A man reads his newspaper while th...
Loosely-constructed footage of various political figures during the 1987 campaign for Chicago mayor.
A group of high school students from New Orleans devised this film of a football game between the boys and the girls involved in the Poverty Progra...
![[Wrestling TV show]: Yulie Brynner vs Rose Roman](https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/media/cfa/images/4/7/57067_ca_object_representations_media_4726_small.jpg)
An episode of a syndicated wrestling show shot at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre. Shot live on film with three-camera coverage, it features a...
The film consists of a series of shots documenting the making of a chocolate cake, followed by a shot of JoAnn's sandaled foot stepping in the midd...
An eight-minute dialectical film about the politics of representation. More specifically, it examines the politics of filmic representation of wome...
An eight-minute dialectical film about the politics of representation. More specifically, it examines the politics of filmic representation of wome...
This film explores the Harry Conover Career Girl’s School.
Sound footage (black & white and color) of ten young, female models from Chicago, Ill. They are interviewed and pose for the camera individually an...
Scenes from the first annual Miss Illinois Bikini Contest, held by the Amateur Athletic Union at a theater on Chicago's south side. The event was s...
Based on a comic Heather McAdams created for the Chicago Reader, the short comedic film was made by Tom Palazzolo's 1990 film production c...
Everyday People is based on Elam's experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while ...