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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
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DU Zaire Au Congo DU Zaire Au Congo
Call Number: V 153Format: UmaticProducers: Christian MesnilCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Part 1 of 2. SAME AS V154 Continued on V215 This documentary by Christian Mesnil chronicles Congo's struggle for independence from the racist colonial rule of King Leopold's Belgium. Using archival pictures and footage, as well as poetry and music, this documentary covers the colonial occupation of the Congo from 1885 to the declaration of independence in 1960 as well as the subsequent postcolonial struggle. Much emphasis is placed on the political life of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) and included are statements and speeches spanning from his organizing work with the Mouvement National Congolais to his inagueration as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This film is in French with no subtitles. B&W.
Du Zaire Au Congo Du Zaire Au Congo
Call Number: V 154Format: Mini DVProducers: Christian MesnilCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Part 1 of 2. SAME AS V153 Continued in V215 This documentary by Christian Mesnil chronicles Congo's struggle for independence from the racist colonial rule of King Leopold's Belgium. Using archival pictures and footage, as well as poetry and music, this documentary covers the colonial occupation of the Congo from 1885 to the declaration of independence in 1960 as well as the subsequent postcolonial struggle. Much emphasis is placed on the political life of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) and included are statements and speeches spanning from his organizing work with the Mouvement National Congolais to his inagueration as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This film is in French with no subtitles. B&W.
Du Zaire Au Congo Du Zaire Au Congo
Call Number: V 215Format: Mini DVProducers: Christian MesnilCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Part 2 of 2. This documentary by Christian Mesnil chronicles Congo's struggle for independence from the racist colonial rule of King Leopold's Belgium. Using archival pictures and footage, as well as poetry and music, this documentary covers the colonial occupation of the Congo from 1885 to the declaration of independence in 1960 as well as the subsequent postcolonial struggle. Much emphasis is placed on the political life of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) and included are statements and speeches spanning from his organizing work with the Mouvement National Congolais to his inagueration as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This film is in French with no subtitles. B&W.
Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X
Date: 5/19/1975Call Number: V 217Format: UmaticProducers: Nothing is More Precious ThanProgram: Open Studio - KQEDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday - May 19th. Utilizes historical Soviet film footage of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and film and stills of malcolm X.
Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X
Date: 5/19/1975Call Number: V 218Format: UmaticProducers: Nothing is More Precious ThanProgram: Open Studio - KQEDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday - May 19th. Utilizes historical Soviet film footage of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and film and stills of malcolm X.
Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh & Malcolm X
Date: 5/19/1975Call Number: V 219Format: Mini DVProducers: Nothing is More Precious ThanProgram: Open Studio - KQEDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tribute to Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh who share a birthday - May 19th. Utilizes historical Soviet film footage of Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and film and stills of malcolm X. BC Master some brief tape damage 1 channel audio (LP) Master 2 channel audio (SP)
Du Zaire Au Congo Du Zaire Au Congo
Call Number: V 291Format: UmaticProducers: Christian MesnilCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Part 2 of 2. This documentary by Christian Mesnil chronicles Congo's struggle for independence from the racist colonial rule of King Leopold's Belgium. Using archival pictures and footage, as well as poetry and music, this documentary covers the colonial occupation of the Congo from 1885 to the declaration of independence in 1960 as well as the subsequent postcolonial struggle. Much emphasis is placed on the political life of Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961) and included are statements and speeches spanning from his organizing work with the Mouvement National Congolais to his inagueration as Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This film is in French with no subtitles. B&W.
Navajo/Dine: the Weaving Project, No. 2 Navajo/Dine: the Weaving Project, No. 2
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: V 381Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Since 1974 the US government has tried to remove 10,000 Dine/Navajo from their ancestral lands to make profits of the huge amount of energy resources they possess. Marsha Gomez discusses the Weaving Project which aims to sell Navajo rugs made by the traditional weavers of the Joint Use and Big Mountain Area. Rug sales help restore self-sufficiency and sovereignty of the Dine/Navajo peoples and supports the women and their families in their resistance to the US government’s policy of forced relocation.
Broken Rainbow Broken Rainbow
Date: 2/1/1992Call Number: V 382Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary about the resistance by the Navajo and Hopi nations against forced relocation, genocide and white supremacy. Also about their struggle to repeal a 1974 law calling for their removal from the site of a massive strip mine run by Peabody Western Coal Company.
Interview with Dr. Luis Falcon Interview with Dr. Luis Falcon
Call Number: V 401Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Luis Nieves Falcón at the TOES (The Other Economic Summit) economic summit on social justice and the environment discusses the outrageous sentences given the Puerto Ricans political prisoners. Description of the treatment they have to endure in US prisons and about political prisoners in general.