All videos by CLAIRE BURCH
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Joe McDonald Plays Berkeley Color / Sound / 80 minutes ISBN 0-916147-84-3 / $24.95 Country Joe and his Band perform folk and folk rock favorites on a festive occasion, Earth Day, celebrating installation of the new “Peace Wall,” a collection of peace tiles made by individuals in the Berkeley community. The video begins with a heart-stopping daring dance, by dancers secured by ropes, down the side of a high adjacent building. Additional concerts are included. |
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Joe McDonald: Concerts at People’s Park Color / Sound / 58 minutes ISBN 0-916147-78-9 / $24.95 Country Joe McDonald, known still for his “Fixin’ to Die Rag” (the Fish Cheer) in the Sixties—which made a huge splash at the original Woodstock Festival—is still an activist. He does benefits at People’s Park in Berkeley, usually celebrating memorable events. This piece, which starts with a stirring music video, encompasses two separate concerts during which cut-ins of images from the Sixties, as well as images of current street problems, are heavily used. |
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Festival of Bay Area Music (Relix Concert) Color / sound / 58 minutes ISBN 0-916147-79-7 / $24.95 Commemorating an event sponsored by Relix magazine. Included is the legendary Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, introductions by J.C. Flyer, and assorted Bay Area bands. |
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Elegy
for a Street Survivor (Yume) Color / Sound / 45 minutes ISBN 0-916147-82-7 / $24.95 This piece follows the strange memorial that takes place after Yume, a homeless man who had been a “Buddhist hippie” dies of respiratory distress. His friends gather to perform odd rituals such as passing out his last pack of cigarettes, burning money in his honor, etc. As their feelings and tributes are expressed, the little knot of street people begins to take on the aspects of a Felliniesque procession. A fascinating addition to annals of contemporary sociology as well as an absorbing tale. |
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Entering
Oakland Color / sound / 50 minutes ISBN 0-916147-31-2 / $24.95 A documentary about the problems of African Americans in Oakland and a look at the city itself. The narration is partly by James Baldwin. Much music. |
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Runaways
and More Runaways Color / Sound 58 min ISBN 1-889059-40-4 / $24.95 Runaways takes a close look at the lives and hopes of a group of young people who have left their homes all over the United States to come to Berkeley, a place which used to give a measure of entitlement to the homeless of all ages. They are all different, Raven, Sweetleaf, Jeremy, Doug and the others, but they share a rebellious nature, a combination of innocence and weary cynicism, and a tendency to get into trouble with the law (often not their fault) since citations for trespassing usually means they’ve found a place to sleep that isn’t legal. |
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