The Braddock Chronicles 1 & 2 | 49 & 55 min., 1972-85
The Braddock Chronicles includes the acclaimed J. Roy: New and Used Furniture, wherein Buba introduces us to a Braddock entrepreneur who has failed at twelve businesses and is busy teaching would-be entrepreneurs self-confidence; Sweet Sal, a portrait of a wiry, engaging street hustler, Sal Carulli, whose cocky patter breaks down at the end of the film, when he visits his father's grave; and The Mill Hunk Herald, a trip inside a Steel Valley workers' magazine, which looks like raw material for a Bruce Springsteen song.
- Tape 1 includes:
- 1972 To My Family (3 min)
- 1974 J. Roy: New and Used Furniture (11 min)
- 1975 Shutdown (12 min)
- 1976 Betty's Corner Cafe (11 min)
- 1980 Washing Walls with Mrs. G. (6 min)
- 1980 Home Movies (3 min)
- 1980 Homage to a Mill Town (3 min)
- Tape 2 includes:
- 1979 Sweet Sal (25 min)
- 1981 Mill Hunk Herald (13 min)
- 1983 Peabody & Friends (7 min)
- 1985 Braddock Food Bank (5 min)
- 1985 Birthday Party (5 min)
The Braddock Chronicles is distributed by Zeitgeist Films.