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Hugo Pinell News reports
Date: 11/1/1993Call Number: V 020Format: BetaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Hugo Pinell news reports from KTVU- channel 2 on Beta cassette.
Passin’ It On: The Story of a Black Panther’s Search for Justice
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 116Format: VHSProducers: John ValadezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About the same time the Black Panther Party entered the realm of the legendary, one of its favorite sons went to prison for the attempted murder of two white New York City police officers. While Richard Moore was serving over 19 years for a crime he swears he didn't commit, the Black Panther movement disintegrated because of FBI harassment and internal power sturggles.
Now, Richard Moore is Dhoruba Bin Wahad. And he is a free man, the result of his conviction being overturned on the basis of "prosecutorial misconduct." Passin' It On vibrantly brings to life the history of the Black Panthers, and dramatically tells the story of Dhoruba Bin Wahad, offering an unforgettable window into the African-American experience.
Women in Prison
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 160Format: VHSProducers: A, E - Bill Kurtis ProductionsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
For years, they were a tiny fraction of America's prison population. But now, the number of women behind bars is growing substantially, and the penal system is ill-equipped to deal with them.
Go inside some of America's most troubled jails for a firsthand look at WOMEN IN PRISON. Within any prison's walls, daily life among gangbangers and drugs causes fear and anxiety. But for female convicts, there is the added pain of days spent worrying about their children. Many female prisoners are single parents whose children are cast into the abuse-ridden child-welfare system when they are incarcerated. Interviews with inmates, prison officials and psychologists highlight the many shortcomings of the current system and point to the changes that must be made as more and more women are sentenced to jail time. Meet activists who are campaigning for prison reform, and repeat offenders who exemplify the worst effects of the reality of WOMEN IN PRISON.
It's a revealing look at a little-known aspect of the justice system.
On the Record with Ed Kowas
Date: 1/13/1993Call Number: V 194Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains an episode of a Northern California public access television program. Host Ed Kowas and guest, photojournalist Nick Wilson, discuss photos portraying the "liquidation logging" techniques used by timber companies in a forest area called Enchanted Meadow, located in Albion, CA. There is also footage of a tree-sit site in the same area.
Passin’ It On: The Story of a Black Panther’s Search for Justice
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 269Format: DVDProducers: John ValadezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Utilizing archival footage and personal accounts, PASSIN' IT ON offers insight into the politics which defined the generation that came of age during the Civil Rights movement. As many African-Americans - especially in urban centers like New York - sought rapid change in their communities, the Black Panthers emerged as a highly visible and often misunderstood symbol of this movement, and became targets for federal surveillance and police harassment. With testimonies from Dhoruba's attorneys, jurors at his trial, New York's then Deputy Police Commissioner, and Dhoruba himself, PASSIN' IT ON sheds light on the Panthers' real goals and addresses the much larger social issues which gave rise to the Panthers then, and which remain unsettled today.
As it examines broad themes of urban African-American life, PASSIN' IT ON tells Dhoruba's personal story. Following him from his South Bronx childhood through his activist days, prison experiences, and his current renewed involvement in the black community, the film provides a framework for recognizing his story as a caution against the excesses of state power. At a time when racial conflicts may once again build to a head, PASSIN' IT ON offers a view of where American society has been, and a glimpse at where it may be going.
State of Emergency - Inside the L.A.P.D
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 334Format: VHSProducers: Julia Meltzer, Elizabeth CannerCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On police brutality in the LA Police Department following the beating of Rodney King. Footage of police violence, also depicts communities working against the daily occupation of their neighborhoods.
The End of the Nightstick
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 364Format: VHSProducers: Peter Kuttner, Cyndi Moran, Eric SchollCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
For 20 years in Chicago, the press and authorities turned deaf ears to allegations of brutal interrogations and torture by Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge.
Victims speak out and the film investigates charges of institutional racism, violence and cover-up. It also tells the story of a resistance movement, as local activist groups, including the Task Force to Confront Police Violence, refuse to let testimonies of police violence remain buried.
The testimonial: women's rights are human rights
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 387Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Observers to the UN Conference on Human Rights discuss the conference in Vienna and their travels to Zagreb, Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia). The delegation of women, including many who fight against sexual assaults, speak about how the war impacts on women and humanity.
Women surviving prison, living with AIDS
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 391Format: VHSProducers: Debra Levne, Catherine SaalfieldCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Women prisoners who are peer educators and counselors in an HIV/AIDS program at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York State's maximum security prison for women, describe the positive role of a peer support program. Using examples from their own experiences, the women discuss the strengths of the AIDS Counseling and Education Program (ACE) in meeting the psychosocial needs of the prison population concerning HIV/AIDS.
WAI and SF War - Lorena Bobbit Protest
Date: 11/29/1993Call Number: V 435Format: SVHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Protest in support of Lorena Bobbitt who was going on trial for cutting off her rapist husband's penis. Women Against Imperialism and SF Women Against Rape argue that Bobbitt acted in self-defense and that male batterers and abusers are rarely punished in the same way as women defending themselves.
