This project covers the history and love of the jukebox... from Edison to iPods... from the speakeasies of the 20s to the modern dive-bars of today. The jukebox is slowly vanishing as it is quickly being replaced by Karaoke Bars, DJ's, and iPods, but they can still be found in the lowdown roadhouses and back alley dive-bars where they first originated, and their romance and nostalgia lives on through the home jukebox owners/aficionados/collectors/ and fanatics who help keep these legendary machines alive today, such as the one we interviewed in our short (Terry Moran), whom owned upwards of 40+ record-playing jukeboxes all from the Golden Age of the juke. In its heyday, the jukebox helped bring people from all walks of life together to enjoy its music and was responsible for promoting a bar’s successful social atmosphere. Unlike the computerized technology of today’s iPods, which isolate and subvert the listener, the colorful, hand-crafted, richly designed, ornamental, bright glowing jukeboxes helped promote social interaction. Sadly, there is no longer any room for these big but beautiful, bulky machines as technology has made things much smaller and more efficient. This project helps document these glorious, richly designed, legendary machines of yesteryear before they slowly fade into obscurity.

Forms: Documentary, Experimental, Multimedia, Short, Television
Genres: Drama, Educational, Independent, Environmental, Period/Historical, Docu-Drama, Culture, Art, Hip Hop
Niches: African, African American, Native/Aboriginal Peoples, Asian, Asian American, Black, Christian, Disability Culture, Gay/Lesbian, Hispanic, Islamic, Jewish, Latino, Native American, Third World, Women, Senior/Aging, Student, Youth/Teen, Children, Mature/Adult, Buddhist