SERIES IV: EVERYDAY PEOPLE Work Prints, Elements and Outtakes by JoAnn Elam
Series Identifier: S.2011-01-0004
Part Of: JoAnn Elam Collection
Preservation Sponsor: Susan Elam ;Kenneth Belcher and Sandy Ihm;National Film Preservation Foundation;Council On Library and Information Resources
Repository
CFA
CFA
Extent
516;219
516;219
Inclusive Dates
1967 - 1990
1967 - 1990
Bulk Dates
1970 - 1990
1970 - 1990
Abstract
SERIES IV of the JoAnn Elam Collection contains workprints, elements, audio and outtakes affiliated with JoAnn's unfinished film, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (1979 - 1990). During the production of this title, JoAnn employed multiple formats, including 16mm, 8mm and various video and audio formats. To the best of our knowledge, the most complete roughcut of EVERYDAY PEOPLE is a VHS dupe.
SERIES IV of the JoAnn Elam Collection contains workprints, elements, audio and outtakes affiliated with JoAnn's unfinished film, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (1979 - 1990). During the production of this title, JoAnn employed multiple formats, including 16mm, 8mm and various video and audio formats. To the best of our knowledge, the most complete roughcut of EVERYDAY PEOPLE is a VHS dupe.
Description
The JoAnn Elam collection primarily consists of films made by independent filmmaker JoAnn Elam. Because no list of completed works or comprehensive record of exhibitions exists, one of the challenges this collection poses is determining what constitutes a "finished" film. JoAnn 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 (1975) and the unfinished Everyday People employed multiple formats (16mm, video, and 8mm).
The collection contains 240 8mm films and 19 Super-8mm films. Elam's 8mm films often documented aspects of her everyday life and local events ranging from the Palmer Square Art Fair in the 1970s to the Blizzard of '79. She shot a number of reels of 8mm film while she was living in San Francisco in the summer of 1967, and during her time at Antioch College and in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Elam's most well known 16mm films, Rape (1975) and Lie Back and Enjoy It (1982) are probing feminist examinations of sexual assault and the representation of women. Both films utilize experimental techniques in order to call into question the way in which women are depicted on screen. These two films are referenced in numerous texts on documentary and feminist cinema, and are fascinating examples of Elam's interest in merging radical form and technique with radical political content. The collection contains multiple production elements for each of these titles, including A & B rolls, workprints, negatives, mag tracks, and exhibition copies.
Elam's unfinished project, Everyday People (1979-1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while on the job, the political struggles they faced with the administration and the union, and larger issues related to the history of labor struggle and activism in the United States. Elam's notes and journals for the film, as well as the approximately 250 film, video and audio elements associated with it, provide an unparalleled level of access to her creative process, political and artistic ideas, and the practical, economic, and ethical issues that impacted her work as an independent artist and filmmaker.
The collection also includes 3 boxes of papers which include press and publicity material for Rape, lab and technical information, and hundreds of documents and ephemera related to Everyday People. The Elam 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.
The JoAnn Elam Collection is organized into six series:
SERIES I: Finished Films, Home Movies and Sketches by JoAnn Elam
SERIES II: RAPE - Finished Film, Workprints, Elements, and Original Audio
SERIES III: LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT - Finished Film, Workprints, Elements, and Original Audio
SERIES IV: EVERYDAY PEOPLE Work Prints, Elements and Outtakes by JoAnn Elam
SERIES V: Medical Films by James O. Elam, M.D.
SERIES VI: Collected Films, Videos and Audio
The prints and elements in these series have all been inspected and re-housed, but not all have been digitized and published to this finding aid. Please stay tuned as we add more to these series in the upcoming months [May 8, 2017]
SERIES I (S.2011-01-0001) contains 16mm and 8mm films made by JoAnn Elam. These include finished 16mm films, such as DAYTIME TELEVISION as well as numerous 8mm works, including CHOCOLATE CAKE (c. 1973) and GRAINS (c. 1973). Also included in this series are home movies and unedited films, or sketches, made by JoAnn Elam. These films feature aspects of her everyday life and local events ranging from the Palmer Square Art Fair in the 1970s to the Blizzard of '79. She shot a number of reels of 8mm film while she was living in San Francisco in the summer of 1967, and during her time at Antioch College and in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
SERIES II (S.2011-01-0002) contains the finished film, workprints, elements, audio, and other material affiliated with JoAnn's film RAPE (1975).
SERIES III (S.2011-01-0003) contains the finished film, workprints, elements, audio, and other material affiliated with JoAnn's film LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT (1982).
SERIES IV (S.2011-01-0002) contains workprints, elements, audio, and outtakes affiliated with JoAnn's unfinished film, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (1979 - 1990). During the production of this title, JoAnn employed multiple formats, including 16mm, 8mm and various video and audio formats. To the best of our knowledge, the most complete roughcut of EVERYDAY PEOPLE is a VHS dupe, which is streaming here.
SERIES V (S.2011-01-0003) contains medical films associated with JoAnn's father, James O. Elam, M.D (1918-1995). Dr. Elam contributed significantly to the development and understanding of modern rescue breathing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and brought it to the attention of the medical community and the general public. The films in this series document his development of the "rescue breathing" technique and numerous other advances in clinical anesthesiology and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. More on Dr. Elam and his achievements here, via Anesthesiology, the Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.
SERIES VI (S.2011-01-0004) contains films, videos and audio tapes that JoAnn Elam collected over the years. Included in this series are experimental films by Dan Perz and Ruth Klasses.
The JoAnn Elam collection primarily consists of films made by independent filmmaker JoAnn Elam. Because no list of completed works or comprehensive record of exhibitions exists, one of the challenges this collection poses is determining what constitutes a "finished" film. JoAnn 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 (1975) and the unfinished Everyday People employed multiple formats (16mm, video, and 8mm).
The collection contains 240 8mm films and 19 Super-8mm films. Elam's 8mm films often documented aspects of her everyday life and local events ranging from the Palmer Square Art Fair in the 1970s to the Blizzard of '79. She shot a number of reels of 8mm film while she was living in San Francisco in the summer of 1967, and during her time at Antioch College and in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Elam's most well known 16mm films, Rape (1975) and Lie Back and Enjoy It (1982) are probing feminist examinations of sexual assault and the representation of women. Both films utilize experimental techniques in order to call into question the way in which women are depicted on screen. These two films are referenced in numerous texts on documentary and feminist cinema, and are fascinating examples of Elam's interest in merging radical form and technique with radical political content. The collection contains multiple production elements for each of these titles, including A & B rolls, workprints, negatives, mag tracks, and exhibition copies.
Elam's unfinished project, Everyday People (1979-1990), is based on her experiences as a letter carrier for the US Postal Service in Chicago, the various people she met while on the job, the political struggles they faced with the administration and the union, and larger issues related to the history of labor struggle and activism in the United States. Elam's notes and journals for the film, as well as the approximately 250 film, video and audio elements associated with it, provide an unparalleled level of access to her creative process, political and artistic ideas, and the practical, economic, and ethical issues that impacted her work as an independent artist and filmmaker.
The collection also includes 3 boxes of papers which include press and publicity material for Rape, lab and technical information, and hundreds of documents and ephemera related to Everyday People. The Elam 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.
The JoAnn Elam Collection is organized into six series:
SERIES I: Finished Films, Home Movies and Sketches by JoAnn Elam
SERIES II: RAPE - Finished Film, Workprints, Elements, and Original Audio
SERIES III: LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT - Finished Film, Workprints, Elements, and Original Audio
SERIES IV: EVERYDAY PEOPLE Work Prints, Elements and Outtakes by JoAnn Elam
SERIES V: Medical Films by James O. Elam, M.D.
SERIES VI: Collected Films, Videos and Audio
The prints and elements in these series have all been inspected and re-housed, but not all have been digitized and published to this finding aid. Please stay tuned as we add more to these series in the upcoming months [May 8, 2017]
SERIES I (S.2011-01-0001) contains 16mm and 8mm films made by JoAnn Elam. These include finished 16mm films, such as DAYTIME TELEVISION as well as numerous 8mm works, including CHOCOLATE CAKE (c. 1973) and GRAINS (c. 1973). Also included in this series are home movies and unedited films, or sketches, made by JoAnn Elam. These films feature aspects of her everyday life and local events ranging from the Palmer Square Art Fair in the 1970s to the Blizzard of '79. She shot a number of reels of 8mm film while she was living in San Francisco in the summer of 1967, and during her time at Antioch College and in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
SERIES II (S.2011-01-0002) contains the finished film, workprints, elements, audio, and other material affiliated with JoAnn's film RAPE (1975).
SERIES III (S.2011-01-0003) contains the finished film, workprints, elements, audio, and other material affiliated with JoAnn's film LIE BACK AND ENJOY IT (1982).
SERIES IV (S.2011-01-0002) contains workprints, elements, audio, and outtakes affiliated with JoAnn's unfinished film, EVERYDAY PEOPLE (1979 - 1990). During the production of this title, JoAnn employed multiple formats, including 16mm, 8mm and various video and audio formats. To the best of our knowledge, the most complete roughcut of EVERYDAY PEOPLE is a VHS dupe, which is streaming here.
SERIES V (S.2011-01-0003) contains medical films associated with JoAnn's father, James O. Elam, M.D (1918-1995). Dr. Elam contributed significantly to the development and understanding of modern rescue breathing, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and brought it to the attention of the medical community and the general public. The films in this series document his development of the "rescue breathing" technique and numerous other advances in clinical anesthesiology and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. More on Dr. Elam and his achievements here, via Anesthesiology, the Journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc.
SERIES VI (S.2011-01-0004) contains films, videos and audio tapes that JoAnn Elam collected over the years. Included in this series are experimental films by Dan Perz and Ruth Klasses.
Language of Materials
English
English
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to on-site access. Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only video copies will be provided for on-site viewing.
This collection is open to on-site access. Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives. Due to the fragile nature of the films, only video copies will be provided for on-site viewing.
Use Restrictions
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection. No restrictions.
Chicago Film Archives holds the copyright for the films in this collection. No restrictions.