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![Mario Savio- A Study in Charisma and FSM Court Comedies](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 703Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
The first part of the tape is entitled Mario Savio a Study in Charisma and is the story of Mario Savio who rose from a normal student to the leader of the Free Speech Movement. This short documentary includes of number of excerpts from Mario’s speeches. He gives a chronology of the FSM, links it to larger struggles for civil rights, and argues that students are fully competent to challenge educational tyranny. Included is a speech in which Mario says goodbye to his leadership position in the FSM and the palpable dismay of the crowd. At the end of the program are selections of FSM supporters singing Happy Birthday to Mario as well as FSM parodies of the traditional songs “Comfort and Joy” and “Hallelujah: Glory of the Coming of the Cops.” The second part of the tape is entitled Court Comedies: A collection of humorous memories and scenes from recent trials of students at the University of California Berkeley. Following their arrests at the Sproul Hall sit-in, many students faced heavy fines and/or jail time as well as academic sanctions from the University. This segment details the cases of four specific students, recaps some of the humorous testimony and verbal exchanges during their university trials and discusses the students’ sentences. The tape concludes with Professor Thomas Parkinson reading a letter supporting the students to the committee trying the cases.
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