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Filter Search ›In 2008, three experimental films made by Chicago-based filmmaker Don Klugman were preserved with the support of the National Film Preservation Foundation in 2008. NIGHTSONG is a portrait of the Chicago Near-North nightlife scene in the mid-1960s, centering on the struggles and romantic desires of an African American singer played by long-forgotten folk sensation, Willie Wright. I'VE GOT THIS PROBLEM traces the romantic relationship between a young man and woman (played by Klugman and Judy Harris) who meet in a downtown coffee shop. Their nonstop dialogue fluctuates between playful psycho-babble and sincere attempts to relay their innermost feelings. YOU'RE PUTTING ME ON seems to pick up the same couple (again played by Klugman and Harris) a few years later, as they attend a swinging bohemian party where they pilfer personal objects from the unsuspecting guests. The archival materials created from these three Klugman films comprise the Don Klugman Collection.
The JoAnn Elam collection primarily consists of films made by independent filmmaker JoAnn Elam. Elam primarily shot on 8mm film, although she did work extensively with 16mm, Super-8mm film and early video. A number of 8mm films have been printed to Super-8mm stock, and films like Rape (1977) and the unfinished Everyday People employed multiple formats (16mm, video, and 8mm). This collection also contains several historically important medical films made by James O. Elam, M.D., JoAnn Elam's father, which document his development of the "rescue breathing" technique and numerous other advances in clinical anesthesiology and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Additionally, there are at least two titles by experimental filmmakers and artists Dan Perz and Ruth Klasses. This collection is sponsored by Susan Elam, Kenneth Belcher and Sandy Ihm.
Identifier: F.2011-05-0117
Collection: Ruth Page Collection, 1922-1999
Identifier: F.2004-01-0001
Collection: Chicago Public Library Collection
Filmmaker: Lieber, Jeffrey, Sherlock, Michael, Stenberg, Margaret
Collection: Robert and Theresa Davis Collection
Identifier: F.2012-03-1183
Collection: Frank Koza Collection
Identifier: F.2012-03-1179
Collection: Frank Koza Collection
Identifier: F.2012-03-1169
Collection: Frank Koza Collection
Identifier: F.2012-03-1171
Collection: Frank Koza Collection
Identifier: F.2006-10-0032
Collection: Charles E. Krosse Collection, 1916-1970
Identifier: F.2012-09-0001
Identifier: F.2012-09-0002
Identifier: F.2008-02-0079
Collection: Marquis Ritchey Cring Collection, 1927-1966