Industrial film detailing how Avon Cosmetics factory workers can be more productive.
"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.
Footage of a large anti-war demonstration in 1966. People can be seen carrying signs; one person has even covered their dog in anti-war slogans. Th...
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...
"The one with all the ass. A lively abstraction of a sexy summer day in downtown Chicago." - Center Cinema Co-Op Filmmakers' Distribution Catal...
A documentary short depicting attendees of the 13th annual Chicago Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade rallying against the American Nazi Party in Lincoln...
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...