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Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (a little bit of so much truth)
Date: 6/1/2006Call Number: V 268Format: DVDProducers: Corrugated FilmsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century.
But it was the people’s use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca.
A 90-minute documentary, A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.
New World Border
Call Number: V 277Format: VHSProgram: Peek MediaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
New World Border documents the rise in human rights abuses along the US Mexico border since the implementation of border blockades, which have been erected in populated areas throughout the border region during the last decade. Included are interviews with immigrant rights organizers, testimony from immigrants, analysis of "free trade" policies and current efforts to build a vibrant movement for immigrant rights.
Crimethink, Guerilla Fil Series, Volume 1
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: V 283Format: DVDProducers: CrimethinkCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Our first DVD release features two discs loaded with some of the best films in modern anarchist filmmaking: three feature-length documentaries (Pickaxe, Breaking the Spell, and The Miami Model) and five short films (three documenting various thinktank experiments and two CrimethInc. essays brought to life by SubMedia).
New commentary tracks recorded by the filmmakers are included for the films Pickaxe, Breaking the Spell, and Auto-Revision. All films are in English. All three features have subtitles in Spanish and English, additionally The Miami Model has Portuguese subtitles. Disc Two features computer-accessible DVD-ROM content including MP3s, PDFs, and other assorted documentation & reading materials.
PICKAXE
An eclectic mix of activists take a stand to protect an old growth forest from logging at Warner Creek in the Willamette National Forest of Oregon, blockading the logging road and repelling the State Police. Over months a community builds around the illegal blockade as it develops into the Cascadia Free State and similar actions spread across the region. Years after its release, Pickaxe has become a classic document of the potential for grassroots direct action to achieve victory against the forces of both government and big business. Lovingly crafted by the participants themselves, the film expertly presents every moment, from confrontation to celebration. Includes new commentary track by filmmakers Tim Lewis and Tim Ream. [94 min.]
BREAKING THE SPELL
An hour-long look at the 1999 Seattle WTO protests and the anarchists who traveled there to set a new precedent for militant confrontation, this documentary picks up where Pickaxe left off. Filmed in the thick of the action, including footage that aired nationally on 60 Minutes, it captures a moment when world history was up for grabs. Includes new commentary track by filmmakers Tim Lewis, Tim Ream & Sir Chuck A. Rock. [63 min.]
THE MIAMI MODEL
Against the prescribed template of paramilitary oppression, information warfare, and profit above all values, activists converge in Miami to demonstrate grassroots resistance, creative action, and international solidarity—a clash between competing visions of globalization, soon to be known as the Miami Model. Indymedia activists shot hundreds of hours documenting the 2003 FTAA protests in Miami and shaped it into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place, as well as the inspiring alternatives to capitalist globalization that were also in full effect in Miami. [91 min.]
FIVE SHORT FILMS
An hour of shorts with three documented thinktank experiments and two CrimethInc. essays recreated for the screen by SubMedia.
Thinktank:
Safetybike [3 min.]
How to Turn a Bicycle into a Record Player (includes original version and new 21st century version) [13 min.]
Auto Re-Vision (includes new commentary track by participants Mark, Etta & James) [26 min.]
SubMedia:
Join the Resistance, Fall in Love [17 min.]
Why I Love Shoplifting From Big Corporations [5 min.]
Tierra Amarilla
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: V 390Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A gathering in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, to protest against the expelling of people from their lands, as well as against imperialism, capitalism and racism. Representatives of the Mexicano liberation movement discuss their struggle as that of the continuation of the land grant movement led by activist Reíes Tijerina. Their goals are to restore New Mexico’s land grants to the descendants of the original owners under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Lucha de mi pueblo
Call Number: V 399Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Aftermath of the victory of land rights activist Amador Flores in Tierra Amarilla, as this campaign led to defeat of developers. But Mexican owners’ rights to their land are still under threat. Features Tierra Amarilla youth brigade.
We Shall Remain
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: V 532Format: DVDProducers: WGBHCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A five-part television series that shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture -- from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity.
Episodes include:
1. After the Mayflower - In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation. Directed by Chris Eyre.
2. Tecumseh's Vision - In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent. After his death he would live on as a potent symbol of Native pride and pan Indian identity. Directed by Ric Burns and Chris Eyre.
3. Trail of Tears - Though the Cherokee embraced "civilization" and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous march to Oklahoma. Directed by Chris Eyre.
4. Geronimo - As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance. Directed by Dustinn Craig and Sarah Colt.
5. Wounded Knee - In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future. Directed by Stanley Nelson.
Reies Tijerina - Part 1
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 612Format: Mini DVProducers: Erika ZarcoCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview in Mexico City while Tijerina is bedridden and in poor health.
Reies Tijerina - Part 2
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 613Format: Mini DVProducers: Erika ZarcoCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview in Mexico city while Tijerina is bedridden and in poor health.
An evening with Arundhati Roy
Date: 8/18/2004Call Number: V 677Format: DVDProducers: Pacifica Radio, KPFACollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Indian novelist and political writer Arundhati Roy speaks at the Berkeley Community Theater. The dvd contains Roy reading selections from her latest collection of essays, “An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire” and also interviews between Roy and others.
The Stump Makers
Call Number: V 726Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Stump Makers delivers an indictment of the wasteful forestry practices and ecological devastation caused by major logging companies operations in California and Oregon. Using some of the same footage as Wasted Woods, this film documents the impact of clear cutting on the environment and the logging communities reliant upon the industry.
