Tom Palazzolo Program 4: Palazzolo's Portraits

Director: Tom Palazzolo, Tom Palazzolo, Tom Palazzolo, Tom Palazzolo

1966 / 75min / 16mm

Devotional, enthralling, and delightful documentary portraits of compelling characters from all walks of life by the always inquisitive, always sympathetic, always wryly humorous Palazzolo. Includes Jerry’s Deli, Pigeon Lady, The Tattooed Lady of Riverview, and Lilly’s World of Wax.

Presented in collaboration with Chicago Film Archives

16mm print of The Tattooed Lady of Riverview photochemically preserved through an Avant-Garde Masters grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation in 2005

16mm print of Lilly's World of Wax courtesy of Tom Palazzolo.