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The 500 camera crews of all sizes from all over the world that converged on Tuesday night in Grant Park for the Obama rally gave the film community a much needed huge financial boost.

“Every shooter, truck, generator, light and camera in Chicago was on the scene,” said Adam Marton of AM Films.

CHEVY CHASE hosts an evening at Sundance for the world premiere of Phil Ranstrom’s doc, “Electrified: The Story of the Maxwell St. Urban Blues” Jan 25 at Harry O’s in Park City.

Narrated by Chicago native Joe Mantegna, “Electrified” tells how Maxwell Street’s neighborhood led to the hard driving sound of the urban blues and ultimately to rock ?n’ roll.

Ranstrom’s companion film, “Cheat You Fair,” documents the last days of Maxwell Street market. Ranstrom began both projects in 1994 shortly before the Maxwell Street market was demolished.

MPG’s doc “Senator Obama Goes to Africa” won’t have its world premiere and only public showing at the Gene Siskel Center as announced.

The Siskel Center cancelled the scheduled Jan. 19 and Jan. 22 screenings, saying that showing it could jeopardize the Center’s status with the IRS as a non-profit institution.

Pressure was brought by the legal department of the Art Institute, the Center’s parent institution.

“The IRS could interpret the film as a lobbying effort for the Obama campaign,” Barbara Scharres, the Center’s programming director.

When one of her butter ideas melted before she had a chance to spread it around, “Citizen Kate” webisode creator/producer Carey Lundin wasn’t as mad as she was chagrined.

Lundin was scooped by the national media on her very own story. She actually originated the idea of the Barack Obama butter sculpture meant for taping and posting on her citizenkate.tv site.

“Citizen Kate,” portrayed by actress Kate Soglin, follows presidential candidates on the campaign trail to determine who would make the best president.

MEDIA PROCESS GROUP partners Bob Hercules and Keith Walker will produce a documentary on the African travels of Sen. Barack Obama beginning Aug. 18.

To raise awareness of African issues, Sen. Obama will visit South Africa, Kenya, the Sudan and Congo and tour the Darfur region, site of tribal genocide.

Political consultant David Axelrod is co-producer. Hercules directs, Walker is DP, Rich Pooler handles audio. The independent production likely will air on PBS when completed.