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Grito de Lares Commemoration Event Grito de Lares Commemoration Event
Date: 10/1/1988Call Number: LA 052Format: Cass A & BProgram: Live EventCollection: Puerto Rico
Event Commemorating el Grito de Lares (1868, Puerto Rican Independence struggle) with Humberto Pagan Hernandez and the National Committee to Free the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. Dedicated to Alejandrina Torres, William Guillermo Morales, and Filberto Ojeda Rios. Leslie Mulin of the Free PR Committee reads a statement of solidarity. Gloria Alonzo reads a statement from Adolfo Matos on the criminalizaiton of the Independence Movement through the judicial proceedings in Hartford, CT. Humberto Pagan talks about PR colonial history and resistance.
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.
Excerpts from Du Zaire Au Congo & Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story Excerpts from Du Zaire Au Congo & Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story
Call Number: CD 412Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Audio excerpts from two videos: V215 and CD V215 Part 2 of 2. Du Zaire Au Congo 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. CD 205 Michael Apted's documentary is an investigative report on the case of Leonard Peltier, an American Indian Movement activist who was convicted of killing two F.B.I. agents in a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge reservation, in South Dakota. Peltier (who has been serving time for the murders since 1977) was railroaded by the F.B.I. The filmmakers concentrate on demonstrating that Leonard didn't get a fair trial. Apted guides us through this tangle of ambiguous evidence and back-and-forth legal maneuvering with patient, unobtrusive skill, and the cool rationality of his manner makes the movie's arguments seem all the more irrefutable. Narrated by Robert Redford (who is also the executive producer).
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.
California Bear Flag Revolt California Bear Flag Revolt
Date: 6/19/1996Call Number: CV 045Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A large protest against Governor Pete Wilson and the 150th commemoration of the California Bear Flag Revolt of 1846 - an uprising and occupation of Sonoma, then Mexican territory. Shouts from the protest: "Deport Wilson!" and "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us!"
Sabia 10th Anniversary Concert: Sabia Sabia 10th Anniversary Concert: Sabia
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: Vin 067Format: VinylProducers: Flying Fish Records Inc.Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A west Coast based Latin American band recorded live in 1988 Culver City, CA. The songs speak about injustices in Latin American, such as, kidnappings, colonialism, dictatorships, racism and poverty. The song "Mujer Sandinista" describes the life of a woman in the Nicaraguan revolution.