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An eight-minute dialectical film about the politics of representation. More specifically, it examines the politics of filmic representation of wome...

This footage from 1984 shows JoAnn Elam’s neighborhood after a snowstorm, most likely in Chicago. Elam films the snowy alleys and houses first from...

Elam’s “Rhinos & Black” consists of two sections: the former pans around a kitchen table as a small group (including "Logan Square Rhinos" Chuck Kl...

This 8mm film by JoAnn Elam was shot in Chicago around 1984. It features an unidentified woman, perhaps a neighbor, and (very briefly) Chuck Kleinh...

This slightly underexposed home movie from the JoAnn Elam Collection features Elam and film scholar Julia Lesage talking outside by the barbecue gr...

"Rhino Souffle" depicts the process of creating a souffle, from initial ingredient preparation to baking to final communal enjoyment, with a group ...

Experimental home movie documenting a visit by filmmakers Wayne and Eleanor Boyer and their nine-year-old son Brett to JoAnn Elam’s home in Logan S...

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...

Outtakes from JoAnn Elam's Everyday People, featuring footage of Elam as she delivers mail on her route in the Logan Square neighborhood o...

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 ...