The Best of the Chicago Party(2015)
For fans of electronic soul with a public access aesthetic.
The Best of the Chicago Party Synopsis
For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982, The Chicago Party dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex, Southside fly guys, tender tenderonies, magicians, contortionists, prismatic video gimmickry, and lip-synched singles by a rising regime of local post-disco casualties. Unfettered nightlife and outlandish humor poured out of oddball outpost The CopHerBox II and onto TV screens. Pooling business acumen with music scene prominence, James Christopher and Willie Woods opened the CopHerBox II in 1979 at 117th and Halsted on Chicago’s Southside. To promote their venture, they purchased airtime on Chicago’s WCIU-TV Channel 26 for weekly installments of The Chicago Party. Each Saturday, the club’s adult clientele filled the illuminated dance floor, providing vibrant B-roll between tapings of breakdancing magicians and Jheri curled ventriloquists, giving an audience to a rising regime of Chicago Soul heavyweights.
The Best of the Chicago Party (2015) is a comedy, documentary and music film directed by James Christopher, released on February 7, 2015 with a runtime of 1h 40m. It stars Willie Woods and James Christopher.
- Director:
- James Christopher
- Production:
- The Numero Group
- Status:
- Released
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The Best of the Chicago Party Cast & Crew
Main cast
Key crew
Directed by James Christopher.
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The main cast of The Best of the Chicago Party (2015) includes Willie Woods and James Christopher. The film was directed by James Christopher. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
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The Best of the Chicago Party was released on February 7, 2015 and runs for 1h 40m.
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