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Kenji Kanesaka, one of the founding members of the “Film Independent” group and the Japan Filmmakers Co-op in Tokyo, was commissioned by Chicago pr...

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, legendary Chicago filmmaker Tom Palazzolo took his fir...

Similarly to a portion of “E1 A&W F Print,” “El” focuses on the Chicagoan locomotion via CTA trains. A static camera idly sits passenger, recor...

This footage by JoAnn Elam from 1973 first shows the roofs of apartment buildings and houses, trees, and tires from what appears to be a moving car...

This footage starts in Chicago’s Palmer Square Park, where JoAnn Elam films the people around her and the houses bordering the park in a series of ...

This footage was most likely shot in a residential neighborhood of Chicago, where JoAnn Elam lived most of her life. The camera pans over the house...

This footage by JoAnn Elam was taken from a moving car on the highway near Chicago, where Elam lived for most of her life. Cars, lampposts, buildin...

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...

As its title indicates, this footage was taken at Garfield Park Conservatory in the west side of Chicago, during the Christmas Flower Show of 1984....

This footage by JoAnn Elam is partly filmed from inside a car riding in the streets of Chicago. Elam captures the houses around, the statues of Fri...

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 footage from the JoAnn Elam collection is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside. JoAnn Elam was ...

Elam’s “El Shots,” sharing footage and theme with Elam’s “El,” sketches travel in Chicago. From people scurrying across intersections, to cars blur...

This footage by JoAnn Elam shows members of the Chicago city council during one of their meetings around 1973. As in two other element from this co...

This footage by JoAnn Elam shows members of the Chicago city council during one of their meetings around 1973. As in another element from this coll...