Image Union

Compilation episode of Image Union. All segments in this episode are videos with musical accompaniment, no dialogue or narration. The videos are from Paul Gray, John Stevenson and David Liston, Scott Miller, John Stein, and City Video Productions.

Petrified Man by Denise Bostrom. Adapted from a story by Eudora Welty. Color video. Takes place in the 1950s in a Southern beauty shop. The women gossip, occasionally interrupted by cigarette commercials from the period.

Compilation episode of Image Union featuring "Let Them Eat Cheese" by Kirk von Heflin, "The Treadmill" by The Video Brothers, "Dangerous Stranger" and "Industrialization of Dream Ejaculating Ecstasy of Mind" by Stevo Wolfson, and "The Glass" by Doug Hall.

"Trapped" by Lutz Becker and James Scott. Color video. A depressed man looks back on his tumultuous life while contemplating suicide. It mixes newly shot video footage and stock film footage of major events of the '60

Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of artists Monica Kendall, Taggart Siegel and Steven Jandacek, Nancy R. Stone, Carl Gustafson, and Michael Heister. Works include animation, drama, and documentary.

Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Robert Skiles, Gaylon Emerzian, Brad Sherman, Chel White and Michel Le Blanc, Mark Pritchard, and Mark Listizia and Patrick Reilly. Works include animation, comedy, and drama.

"Uptown Christian Soldiers" is a short, well-balanced documentary about Jesus People USA in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. JPUSA offers emergency housing, long-term housing for disadvantaged persons, and a daily meal program. JPUSA also operates several small businesses in the neighborhood. Program features interviews from administrators, community members, former members, and the families of members. There is also footage from within the dining halls of the ministry and the dormitories bought by the church.

Video portrait of Las Vegas in the late 1970's.

Mayoral Commercials by Lynn Sweet. This tape collects many of the political ads from the 1983 race for mayor of Chicago. The ads are shown in approximately consecutive order. First there are the ads for the Democratic primary race between Jane Byrne, Richard M. Daley, and Harold Washington, followed by ads from the general election between Harold Washington and Bernard Epton. Many of the ads are smears, so it is interesting to see them in close succession responding to each other. Includes ad featuring Studs Terkel for Washington.

The episode of Image Union features the documentary "Information Withheld" by Juan Downey. The documentary focuses on signs and symbols used around the world.

Featuring WBBM's Diane Abt interview with Mayor Harold Washington and "The Nixon Tape" by Deris Jeannette, Elan Soltes, and Jodi Sibert.

A documentary about the U.S. citizens who are living in Nicaragua and are opposed to the Reagan administration policy towards Nicaragua, including the possibility of a U.S. invasion.

An episode of the independent film and video showcase, Image Union, featuring "West Bank: Whose Promised Land?" by Esti Galili Marpet. A documentary about struggle between Israelis and Arabs in the Israeli occupied West Bank, a strip of land that has been a longtime subject of violent dispute. Includes interviews with several Israeli soldiers and settlers, several Palestinians, and several peace activists.

An episode of Image Union featuring a concert performance and a few interviews from four Chicago-based New Wave bands: Bohemia, The Marquis, Phil N' The Blanks, and Screamin' Rachael and Remote.

A tape of the award winners of the 1983 U.S. Television Commercials Festival. They are: Kolotex pantyhose, John Smith's Lager, Martini, Cinzano, Hellmann's Mayonnaise, Eggs, Yoplait yogurt, Samboy Chips, Tefal Toaster and Coffee Maker, Wright's Coal Tar Soap, British Airways, Falstaff Cigars, Terry's Famous Chocolate Orange, Western Australia, Spontex Sponge Cloths, American Lung Association, Miller's Outpost, U.S. Open on CBS Sports, Ford Escort, Chameleon Sunglasses, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Budweiser, Rainiers Beer, Stroh's Beer, Wendy's, Revlon, Timex Quartz, Kaypro Computer, Pioneer, Great America, Mastercard International, Sentry Insurance, D.O.C., MCI Long Distance, Megabucks, Brooklyn Bridge's 100th anniversary and Levi's.