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People and the Land
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 120Format: VHSProducers: Tom Hayes, Raid BahhurCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Ahlan w'Sahlan (Our People and Our Lands)is a Palestinian expression of greeting offering everything between earth and sky for the comfort of a guest. It also sums up the dual responsibilities placed on an occupying power by the Geneva Accords; administration of the occupied territory and responsibility for the well-being of the people on it.
People and the Land airdrops viewers into the universe of an occupied people, unreeling images of a new form of apartheid based on ethnicity. Challenging U.S. foreign policy and the conventions of the documentary form itself, People and the Land examines the concrete realities of Israel's conduct in the West Bank and Gaza, the level of U.S. support for that conduct through foreign aid, and the human cost of that aid in Palestine and the U.S.
Hijacked
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: V 221Format: DVDProducers: Ilan ZivProgram: American Experience - PBSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On September 6, 1970, members of the militant Palestinian group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (P.F.L.P.), hijacked four commercial airplanes. They commandeered a fifth aircraft three days later. Wanting to attract attention to the Palestinian cause and secure the release of several of their comrades, the P.F.L.P. spectacularly blew up four of the planes.
Today the commanders who planned and carried out the attack resist comparison to the terrorists who masterminded the events of September 11, 2001: members of the P.F.L.P. were not religious extremists, but secular Marxist Leninists. And of the almost 600 passengers taken hostage, none were killed.
Great documentary footage & historical interviews though the predicatable politics of PBS overall.
Cara el Pueblo
Call Number: V 239Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tape Five:
"Cara el Pueblo" (Face the People) was a tradition of the Nicaraguan revolution. Once a week top Sandinista leaders met face to face with hundreds of people to discuss their questions, complaints, demands and suggestions.
This meeting focuses on the particular concerns of women fighting in the revolution.
This tape also has footage from The Mother's March. Spanish only.
Finding Common Ground In New Orleans
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: V 256Format: DVDProducers: Walidah ImarishaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Addresses the social injustice that took place during and after the Hurricane Katrina disaster through the lens of poet and activist Walidah Imarisha. Through compelling and often heart wrenching interviews with residents, survivors, activists, volunteers and officials, the landscape of a city devastated and trying to rebuild comes to light. Finding Common Ground In New Orleans interrogates the changing realities of the city, the way that the physical space and realities of New Orleans and the surrounding bayou are forever altered because of both the natural disaster and the government’s criminal negligence. This film includes exclusive footage shot in the makeshift bus station jail known as “Camp Amtrak” and interviews with officials at the jail about the city’s criminal justice system, or lack thereof. The short documentary is able, through the lens of personal accounts that speak to broader issues and concerns, to capture the pain, the loss and the hope of New Orleans.
"Move: The Spirit of Resistance"
Call Number: V 263Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Narrated by Howard Zinn, several interviewees discuss the history of The Move organization created by John Africa and terrorized by the Philadelphia police department.
Women and Revolution in Nicaragua
Call Number: V 336Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Overview of Nicaraguan history, US aggression and influence in Nicaragua, and the role of women.
Workers' Film & Video Forum
Date: 12/11/1992Call Number: V 340Format: VHSProducers: Workers' Film, Video ForumCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
"4 Dollars a Day? No Way!" on US corporations in Mexico following the signing of NAFTA, the conditions of workers at the Ford plant, where armed strikebreakers and rigged company elections were used to keep the workers repressed.
"The Last Pullman Car" follows the story of the Steelworkers Union members at Pullman-Standard who fought to keep their jobs despite the impending closure of the passenger car plant.
Conversation about Puerto Rican independence
Call Number: V 395Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Dylcia Pagan, Jan Susler, José Solís Jordán and Elizam Escobar, all involved in the struggle for Puerto Rico’s independence, discuss the commitment and passion with which they embrace their cause. They also point out the need for people to fight for their ideals in order to not become accomplices of the system they oppose.
Sarah Jane Olson Event
Date: 7/1/2000Call Number: V 428Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A public appearance by Sara Jane Olson just prior to being sentenced to prison in which people discuss political prisoners and fighting state repression - both politically and through the courts.
Demos Against US Troops to Honduras - ACT UP/SF
Date: 3/16/1988Call Number: V 430Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
News coverage of speak out in Union Square opposing US military intervention in Central America. Features interviews with members of the Nicarauga Information Center and speech by Catherine Cusick of NIC.
Members of Pledge of Action occupy Coit Tower attempting to hang a banner. Due to Wind they are not able to finish the action.
Protests in 1988 are documented, ranging from speak outs in Union Square, protests outside of the Armed Forces Recruitment Office, marches and police violence in downtown SF. CISPES, Pledge of Resistance, Nicarauga Information Center, and supporters of FSLN protest US troops in the Honduras.
Footage of Anti-Contra Aid protestors blocking the federal building met with police violence.
Pledge of Action’s peaceful march from the Castro to the Mission District in SF. Calls for an end to US intervention in Central America and funding for AIDS research.
Coverage of ACT UP/SF’s direct action protest at St. Mary’s Cathedral in SF. Part of ACT UP’s “Stop the Church” campaign. Stickers stating “No More War on Women” are visible as are “bloody” hand prints on the wall.
