[Gay Rights - Nonpartisan Referendum - Adlai Stevenson III]
Identifier
F.2005-08-0154
Date Of Production
circa 1985 – 1986
Abstract
Content notice: this film contains hate speech and hateful imagery from 07:19 - 07:53.
Loosely assembled footage depicts the following: Mayor Harold Washington delivers a speech at the Gay Pride Parade in Lincoln Park; a candlelit vigil is held in support of a gay-rights ordinance in Daley Center Plaza on July 27, 1986; Studs Terkel delivers a speech in support of gay rights; Pope John Paul II holds an open-air mass in Grant Park on October 5, 1979; Washington aide Clarence McClain compares “moral issues” with “civil rights issues”; neo-Nazis and local residents taunt each other on opposite sides of a street; an individual wearing a caricatured Ronald Reagan mask stands inside a limousine’s sunroof; Jane Byrne announces, “There’s only nine more months...”; Bill Stamets solicits observations from fellow newspaper reporters about a potential nonpartisan referendum; U.S. Rep. William Lipinski expresses his support for a nonpartisan mayoral election proposal to the press; Bill Stamets comically interviews pigs about Ald. Ed Vrdolyak’s and Ald. Edward Burke’s political stances; a supporter of Sheila Jones’ mayoral candidacy displays a banner; Adlai Stevenson III announces his candidacy for Illinois Governor at Oak Park River-Forest High School on October 22, 1985; a proselytizer at the corner of State and Madison Streets asks Bill Stamets to “back away a little bit.”
Loosely assembled footage depicts the following: Mayor Harold Washington delivers a speech at the Gay Pride Parade in Lincoln Park; a candlelit vigil is held in support of a gay-rights ordinance in Daley Center Plaza on July 27, 1986; Studs Terkel delivers a speech in support of gay rights; Pope John Paul II holds an open-air mass in Grant Park on October 5, 1979; Washington aide Clarence McClain compares “moral issues” with “civil rights issues”; neo-Nazis and local residents taunt each other on opposite sides of a street; an individual wearing a caricatured Ronald Reagan mask stands inside a limousine’s sunroof; Jane Byrne announces, “There’s only nine more months...”; Bill Stamets solicits observations from fellow newspaper reporters about a potential nonpartisan referendum; U.S. Rep. William Lipinski expresses his support for a nonpartisan mayoral election proposal to the press; Bill Stamets comically interviews pigs about Ald. Ed Vrdolyak’s and Ald. Edward Burke’s political stances; a supporter of Sheila Jones’ mayoral candidacy displays a banner; Adlai Stevenson III announces his candidacy for Illinois Governor at Oak Park River-Forest High School on October 22, 1985; a proselytizer at the corner of State and Madison Streets asks Bill Stamets to “back away a little bit.”
Format
Super 8
Extent
200 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
Civil rights
Government officials
Neo-Nazism
Political campaigns
Political elections
Politicians
Racism
Religious services
Government officials
Neo-Nazism
Political campaigns
Political elections
Politicians
Racism
Religious services
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Washington, Harold (is participant)
Terkel, Studs (is participant)
Paul, John II (is participant)
McClain, Clarence (is participant)
Byrne, Jane (is participant)
Lipinski, Bill (is participant)
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