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Campaign

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I know that you're more important than all of this hell.

You can't show the world what it was like when you were down three weeks ago.

You find ways to keep things from happening.

There's not a chance you'll lose the way that you like.

You were down three weeks ago.

I just want to clarify.

There's a sign.

It's a sentimental man.

It's an information man.

I'm a shooter.

Sentence.

Sentence.

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Call.

We've got to get out of there.

Hurry, hurry.

Come on, come on, come on.

Hey, is this...

We've got to get out of the car! I'm going to get out of the car.

The voice is going to say something.

The voice is going to say something.

I will remind you all that this happening...

What's going on? I'm going to give you a warning.

A warning.

I'll give you a warning.

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Identifier
F.2013-08-0040
Date Of Production
1968
Description
A short experimental documentary film that captures the turbulent 1968 Democratic Convention which took place in Chicago, and its dark aftermath. In Campaign, Palazzolo offers quickly edited montage sequences with an aural pastiche that serves to underscore the performativity of the politicians organizing the event, as well as the general sense of unease enveloping the whole enterprise.
 
The film begins with footage of demonstrators swarming the statue of General John Logan in Grant Park, which ended up becoming a kind of inflection point for the riots after. The police begin to attack the protesters, and many are shown clearly covered in blood. Images of the violence is interspersed with footage of Abbie Hoffman, William S. Burroughs, Jean Genet, Norman Mailer, Dick Gregory, Allen Ginsberg, and folk singer Phil Ochs speaking to the protesters. 
 
The historic Kraft headquarters, previously located at 500-510 N. Peshtigo Ct. is also prominently featured (the building has since been demolished and the company moved their operations elsewhere in the early aughts). 
Run Time
0:11:27
Format
16mm
Extent
423 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Distribution Print
Genre
Documentary
Experimental
Form
Short
Subject
Democratic National Convention (1968: Chicago, Ill.)
History
Demonstrations
Chicago (Ill.)
Related Collections
SERIES I: Finished Films by Tom Palazzolo

Related Places
North America ➜ United States ➜ Illinois ➜ Chicago

Main Credits
Palazzolo, Tom (is filmmaker)

Additional Credits
Boldt, Bob (is contributor)
Weiner, Peter (is contributor)
Wilding-White, Ray (is composer)

Participants And Performers
Hoffman, Abbie (is participant)
Burroughs, William S. (is participant)
Genet, Jean (is participant)
Mailer, Norman (is participant)
Gregory, Dick (is participant)
Ginsberg, Allen (is participant)
Ochs, Phil (is participant)
Daley, Richard J. (is participant)

 
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