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Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che
Date: 2/12/1972Call Number: RP 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Mission Artists read poetry and play music. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE. Featuring poets Roberto Vargas, Elias Hruska Cortes, Alejandro Murgia; and musicians Richard Carrillo (guitar) and Nero de Grazia (Congas). Mission Arts Alliance and Writers Workshop.
United Farmworkers Benefit Poetry Reading at Longshoreman’s Hall: Reel 1 of 3 United Farmworkers Benefit Poetry Reading at Longshoreman’s Hall: Reel 1 of 3
Date: 2/18/1972Call Number: RP 010 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, George CraigCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry reading for united Farmworkers Benefit at Longshoreman’s Hall from a live broadcast featuring: Robert Duncan, the late Serafin Sequia, Robert Creely, Thulani (Davis) Nkabinde, Philip Wallen, Kay Boyle, Janice Mirikitani, Elias Hruska Cortes, Jessica Hagadorn, Roberto Vargas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the late Allen Ginsberg. UFW Union speech by Philip Vera Cruz . MC : Nina Serrano.
United Farmworkers Benefit Poetry Reading at Longshoreman’s Hall: Reel 3 of 3 United Farmworkers Benefit Poetry Reading at Longshoreman’s Hall: Reel 3 of 3
Date: 2/18/1972Call Number: RP 010 R3Format: Reel 3Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, George CraigCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry reading for united Farmworkers Benefit at Longshoreman’s Hall from a live broadcast featuring: Robert Duncan, the late Serafin Sequia, Robert Creely, Thulani (Davis) Nkabinde, Philip Wallen, Kay Boyle, Janice Mirikitani, Elias Hruska Cortes, Jessica Hagadorn, Roberto Vargas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the late Allen Ginsberg.
United Farmworkers Benefit poetry Reading at Longshoreman’s Hall: Reel 2 of 3 United Farmworkers Benefit poetry Reading at Longshoreman’s Hall: Reel 2 of 3
Date: 2/18/1972Call Number: RP 010 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, George CraigCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry reading for united Farmworkers Benefit at Longshoreman’s Hall from a live broadcast featuring: Robert Duncan, the late Serafin Sequia, Robert Creely, Thulani (Davis) Nkabinde, Philip Wallen, Kay Boyle, Janice Mirikitani, Elias Hruska Cortes, Jessica Hagadorn, Roberto Vargas, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and the late Allen Ginsberg.
8 Poets From Third World Communications 8 Poets From Third World Communications
Date: 4/1/1972Call Number: RP 014 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Eight Poets From Third World Communications lift their voices in poetry expressing the collective rage in their respective communities.
8 Poets From Third World Communications 8 Poets From Third World Communications
Date: 4/1/1972Call Number: RP 014 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Eight Poets From Third World Communications lift their voices in poetry expressing the collective rage in their respective communities.
United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s
Date: 7/14/1972Call Number: RP 026 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
The Third World Poets read and perform their work at a benefit for the United Farmworkers at St. Peter’s Hall on Alabama St. in San Francisco
United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s
Date: 7/14/1972Call Number: RP 026 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
The Third World Poets read and perform their work at a benefit for the United Farmworkers at St. Peter’s Hall on Alabama St. in San Francisco
Police brutality and the Earthquake in Nicaragua Police brutality and the Earthquake in Nicaragua
Date: 12/30/1972Call Number: RP 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Raul Torres, Emiliano Echeverria, Nina Serrano, Isabel AlegriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Ending the year with two topics of focus: the recent earthquake in Nicaragua, and police brutality in the Mission. Also community announcements
“Pupul Vuh and other Modern Latino Poetry” “Pupul Vuh and other Modern Latino Poetry”
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: CAA 058Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Popul Vuh poems read by Andres Alegria and Nina Serrano; Roberto Vargas reads his own poems: “Song for Appollo 14” “The Structure of Mis Poemas” “And Then There Was” Farmworker Song sung by by Richie Carrillo Jose Montoya reads his poem “El Highway 99” but rumble in recordng and incomplete. Avotcja reads her poem : “How to make a Puerto Rican Revolutionary” Victor Hernandez Cruz reads his poems: (mike problems in some) “Yo Soy un Poeta” “Mission District,/Spanish Harlem” “The Man Who Came to the Last Floor”“ Same as CD 407