Image Union

Compilation episode of Image Union featuring all music videos. Musicians include Vassili Harakas, John Caldwell, and Lou Hinkhouse.

Film made with the Kwakwaka'wakw Indians (also called the Kwakiutl) of British Columbia about their struggles to preserve their cultural heritage. As an introduction to the piece, Chuck Olin explains that the documentary was not made simply about the tribe from the point of view of an outsider, it was made with them and for their own use. The potlach was a fundamental part of the Kwakiutl's culture and economy. However, the Canadian government declared it illegal, and in the 1920s they interrupted a potlach held by this tribe and stole all of the tribe's important artifacts. The tape celebrates the return of these artifacts t o the tribe and the building of a cultural center to house them. The film also deals with the tribe's attempts to preserve their language and culture.

Compilation episode of Image Union featuring the work of Paul Thornton, James Vincent Minnice, and Kirk von Heflin. Topics include war and militarization (Thornton), narrative fiction (Minnice), and documentary (von Heflin).

Two tapes about animals - one about the gorilla, Sinbad, of the Lincoln Park Zoo and one about the dolphins and their trainers at the Brookfield Zoo. The works are "Sinbad Has Surgery" and "Everybody Loves Dolphins."

Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Disarmament Survey. In the spring of 1982, 300 independent videomakers around the world produced a public opinion poll. People were interviewed on the street about their opinions on the nuclear arms race and disarmament. Responses were polarized.

Image Union episode featuring highlights from the 1985 National Video Festival, presented by the American Film Institute and sponsored by Sony Corporation of America. The program includes work from Jonathan Borofsky and Gary Glassman, Saundra Sharp, and Jean-Luc Godard.

Black and white film documenting a rapidly fading Jewish community in rural Romania. The film is treated like a diary piece with the photographer recounting his experiences living in the village in voiceover while we see images of daily life and of the elderly people who make up the town.

Compilation episode of Image Union featuring two Christmas-themed videos: "All I Want for Xmas" by John Tondelli and "The Neopolitans-The Night Before Christmas" by Tony Izzo.

A collection of films and videos from the 1986 Women in the Director's Chair Festival.

A collection of International and North American winners from the 1985 U.S. Commercial Festival.

A documentary/video diary of a widowed woman's late-in-life romance with musician Wilbur Stump, the "dean of San Francisco pianobar entertainers." The woman, who is also the videomaker's mother, recalls how she met Stump, Stump's alcoholism, and their life together; friends and colleagues remember Stump's music and his relationship with his wife. The video consists mostly of current interviews; some home movies and videos are shown throughout.