Artfully-shot footage around Dixon, Illinois, where filmmaker Julia Lesage was born and raised. Includes shots of boating and water skiing on the R...
Super 8mm film depicting a pro-Equal Rights Amendment demonstration in Chicago's Grant Park on May 10, 1980.
A compilation reel featuring candid footage and interviews with various prominent members of the early-'80s Chicago independent film scene, many of...;Most well-known for his off-beat and darkly comedic documentaries about life on the margins, Chicago filmmaker Tom Palazzolo took his first stab at...
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 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 ...
"Mail Men / YS O 2" documents a visit to Yellow Springs, OH, where JoAnn Elam lived and attended Antioch College starting in fall 1966. The film be...
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...
"Ten Billion Dollar Bash was shot [spring 1979] at Antioch College during the Memorial Day weekend. Visually it is a personal diary film. ...
A unedited portion of Chuck Kleinhans' unfinished diary film, Rising Expectations.
A unedited portion of Chuck Kleinhans' unfinished diary film, Rising Expectations.
Assemblage of footage of television screens and protests.
Silent diary film capturing moments and people from Chuck Kleinhans' life in Chicago.
Chuck and fellow filmmaker JoAnn Elam recorded a...
Chuck and fellow filmmaker JoAnn Elam recorded a...
Silent footage of the Logan Square neighborhood (ca. 1978) and ChicagoFest at Navy Pier (ca. 1980), followed by sound footage of Kleinhans' friend ...