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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 5/19/1973Call Number: RD 043Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon celebrating birthday of Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X
Inside the CIA, On Company Business, Part 2-Assassination Inside the CIA, On Company Business, Part 2-Assassination
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: V 085Format: VHSProducers: Howard Dratch, Allan FrancovichCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Testimony of former agents, archival footage, first-hand accounts of victims of CIA-backed torture, and other interviews reveal CIA’s mode of operation as well as its goals in Latin America. Goes into depth on subversion of labor movements. Also intervention in Brazil in particular as well as Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Mentions Chile and others targets of CIA.
Chavez, venezuela and the new Latin America Chavez, venezuela and the new Latin America
Date: 2/1/2004Call Number: CD 333Format: DVDProducers: Aleida GuevaraCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In February 2004, Aleida Guevara conducted an extensive interview, lasting several days, with Hugo Chavez Frias, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The interview explored Venezuela's explosive revolutionary terrain post-April 2002--when Chavez survived a coup attempt instigated by the United States. Chavez explains his vision for Venezuela and his commitment to a unified Latin America. He discusses Venezuela's new, democratic constitution and his country's relations with the United States and Cuba. Chavez also reveals his personal commitment to the politics of Che Guevara, Aleida's father. Included in the DVD is an interview with General Jorge Garcia Carneiro, head of the Venezuelan armed forces, who was instrumental in encouraging the popular resistance that thwarted the 2002 coup. In Spanish with English subtitles
The Revolution will not be Televised The Revolution will not be Televised
Date: 1/1/2003Call Number: CD 334Format: DVDProducers: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O’BrienCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Hugo Chavez, elected President of Venezuela in 1998, is a colorful folk hero, beloved by his nation's working class and a tough-as-nails, quixotic opponent to the power structure that would see him deposed. Two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace on April 11, 2002, when he was forcibly removed from office. They were also present 48 hours later when, remarkably, he returned to power amid cheering aides. Their film records what was probably history's shortest-lived coup d'état. It's a unique document about political muscle and an extraordinary portrait of the man The Wall Street Journal credits with making Venezuela "Washington‚s biggest Latin American headache after the old standby, Cuba." In Spanish with English Subtitles
Journey with the Revolution Journey with the Revolution
Call Number: V 267Format: DVDProducers: Global Women's Strike - Finn Arden, Nina LopezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A journey into the heart of the Venezuelan revolution. Meet the midwives, nurses, doctors, housewives, teachers, gay and disability activists, who are transforming Venezuela. Visit health clinics, soup kitchens, land committees, education and micro-credit programmes… The excitement of the revolution is contagious. Features: President Hugo Chávez, “the president of the poor”; Nora Castañeda, President of the Women’s Development Bank; Sharmini Peries, Adviser to President Chávez on International Relations.
Venezuela Rising Venezuela Rising
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 611Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The documentary starts five days before it is to be decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized – will it be SI – yes he will be recalled, or NO – he will remain in office. Issues of democracy and politics, what constitutes a free and fair election. Venezuela Rising gets behind the headlines and into the neighborhoods of Caracas to find out how participatory democracy works on the ground.
Venezuela: Revolution From The Inside Out (2008) Venezuela: Revolution From The Inside Out (2008)
Call Number: V 651Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Director Clifton Ross toes his camera with him through Venezuela on bus and car trips to discover the back workings of the Bolivian Revolution. Through interviews and lasting images Ross takes the audience through the country to show the ability of a people to unite amidst a struggle.
El Despertarde Ameroiberica II:De Bolivar a Chavez (From Bolivar to Chavez) El Despertarde Ameroiberica II:De Bolivar a Chavez (From Bolivar to Chavez)
Call Number: V 705Format: DVDCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This documentary presents the struggle of the Venezuelan people for independence during the 18th century and also the continued struggle in the 21st century against U.S. imperialism. Spanish only. (Este documental presenta la lucha del pueblo Venezolano para la independencia durante el siglo 18 y tambien la lucha continua en el siglo 21 contra la intervencion Norteamericana y el sentimiento antiimperialista del pueblo Latinoamericano.)
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1997Volume Number: Vol. 31-3 November-DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Still Paying: Ten Years After Debt Crisis. Plus Venezuela: The Politics of Privatization; Hawaii: Stirrings in the Colony; Anniversary Essay on Socialism
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 26-2 SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
Roots Of Empowerment: Latino Politics And Cultures In The United States. Plus Free Trade: The Politics of Toxic Waster; Venezuela: The Treasure of Estado Bolivar; Ecuador: An Unquiet Disappearance.