Sheila Jones
Identifier
F.2005-08-0211
Date Of Production
circa 1976 – 1985
Abstract
Content notice: this film contains periodic hate speech and hateful imagery at 00:26 - 05:30.
Loosely assembled footage depicts the following: Televised footage captures the National Socialist Party of America’s declaration to march in Skokie, Illinois on July 4, 1977, and the Jewish Defense League’s preparation for their arrival in town; counter-protestors rally as a truck of neo-Nazis enters Lincoln Park, and mounted police monitor the scene; the Windy City Gay Chorus performs on stage during the 16th Annual Gay Pride Week in June 1985; Bill Stamets interviews an “Elect Brzeczek” convertible’s passenger at 3224 Halsted Street, and Chicago’s 15th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade convoy includes the Richard M. Daley Lawmobile, the Harry “Bus” Yourell Recorder of Deeds car, the North Broadway Merchants & the 44th Ward float, Jane Byrne’s convertible, the marching Windy City Gay Chorus, the Gay Association of Technicians, Engineers and Scientists car, and a Workers World Party banner declaring, “MONEY FOR A.I.D.S. RESEARCH - NOT FOR WAR!”; the 7th Annual Gay Pride Parade convoy includes the Machine Shop Bookstore, the Glory Hole Tavern, the Gay People’s Alliance of Normal, Illinois, the Milwaukee Entertainer’s Club, Carol’s Pub, the Gay Rights Task Force, the Seahorse Bar from South Bend, Indiana, and Dugan’s Bistro; a candlelit vigil is held in support of a gay rights ordinance in Daley Center Plaza on July 27, 1986; mayoral candidate Sheila Jones interrupts the third debate between U.S. Representative Harold Washington, State’s Attorney Richard M. Daley, and Mayor Jane Byrne at the Conrad Hilton Hotel January 27, 1983; Jones delivers a campaign speech at an unspecified venue.
Loosely assembled footage depicts the following: Televised footage captures the National Socialist Party of America’s declaration to march in Skokie, Illinois on July 4, 1977, and the Jewish Defense League’s preparation for their arrival in town; counter-protestors rally as a truck of neo-Nazis enters Lincoln Park, and mounted police monitor the scene; the Windy City Gay Chorus performs on stage during the 16th Annual Gay Pride Week in June 1985; Bill Stamets interviews an “Elect Brzeczek” convertible’s passenger at 3224 Halsted Street, and Chicago’s 15th Annual Gay & Lesbian Pride Parade convoy includes the Richard M. Daley Lawmobile, the Harry “Bus” Yourell Recorder of Deeds car, the North Broadway Merchants & the 44th Ward float, Jane Byrne’s convertible, the marching Windy City Gay Chorus, the Gay Association of Technicians, Engineers and Scientists car, and a Workers World Party banner declaring, “MONEY FOR A.I.D.S. RESEARCH - NOT FOR WAR!”; the 7th Annual Gay Pride Parade convoy includes the Machine Shop Bookstore, the Glory Hole Tavern, the Gay People’s Alliance of Normal, Illinois, the Milwaukee Entertainer’s Club, Carol’s Pub, the Gay Rights Task Force, the Seahorse Bar from South Bend, Indiana, and Dugan’s Bistro; a candlelit vigil is held in support of a gay rights ordinance in Daley Center Plaza on July 27, 1986; mayoral candidate Sheila Jones interrupts the third debate between U.S. Representative Harold Washington, State’s Attorney Richard M. Daley, and Mayor Jane Byrne at the Conrad Hilton Hotel January 27, 1983; Jones delivers a campaign speech at an unspecified venue.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Chicago (Ill.) Police Dept.
Demonstrations
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Police
Political Activists
Political campaigns
Politicians
Racism
Gay pride celebrations
Demonstrations
Neo-Nazism
Parades and processions
Police
Political Activists
Political campaigns
Politicians
Racism
Gay pride celebrations
Preservation Sponsor
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Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
Washington, Harold (is participant)
Daley, Richard M. (is participant)
Jones, Sheila (is participant)
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