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Incident at Oglala Resource Packet
Educational Materials and additional resources related to the documentary film.
Cesar Chavez at CWA Convention
Date: 6/25/1991Call Number: CV 258Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
The Communication Workers of American meet for their 53rd convention. Cesar Chavez speaks about health and pesticides in farm communities. CAW workers try to organize Sprint union.
Cherokee Nation Press Conference at World Series
Date: 10/19/1991Call Number: JG/ 138Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Members of the Cherokee Nation protest the Atlanta “Braves” and other Major League teams’ representation of Native Americans. Demand respect of living indigenous cultures and recognition of racism in mascot rituals.
Amanuel Tecle on the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Date: 7/12/1991Call Number: JG/ 142Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Discusses the success of the independence movement, the changes in Eritrean infrastructure, agriculture, education, and social relationships, and hopes for self-sufficiency, democracy, and equality. Provides a concise history of colonialism in Eritrea, from Italian to Ethiopian occupation, and the 30-year war for independence ending in 1991.
Dr. Leonel Argüello on healthcare in Nicaragua
Date: 11/15/1991Call Number: JG/ 144AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberProgram: WRFG/ A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Describes the changes in healthcare after Contra and US-backed Violeta Chamorro became president, replacing the Sandinista government. Critical of the lack of resources and funding for healthcare systems after privatization.
Shield for Abuse - Update
Date: 4/1/1991Call Number: V 479Format: VHSProducers: Spencer MichelCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Special for KQED about police brutality and rare instances of SFPD accountability. Footage of the Castro Sweep, were cops beat Dolores Huerta so badly that she had her spleen removed, and an incident involving the macing of a legal observer.
Poems Against War, Part 1
Poetry critical both of war in general and the Gulf War (1st Iraq War) specifically. Criticism of high Latino involvement in the war (35-40% of troops were Latino/Chicano). Discussion of past wars and what they meant for Mexican Americans. Recitation of poetry on the “immigration wars”, the raids and attacks on immigrant communities.
Poets Against War - New College part 2
Date: 1/25/1991Call Number: CV 271AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Poets speak out against US imperialism in Iraq and violence on the streets. Steve Han, a Vietnam war veteran, reflects on the traumas of war in his own life. Others describe how war wastes lives and only continues suffering.
Tongues Untied
Date: 7/16/1991Call Number: V 487Format: VHSProducers: Marlon RiggsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Film by Marlon Riggs that recounts his life history, intermixed with Essex Hemphill’s poetry, a visit to the Institute of Snap!thology, and a celebration of black men loving black men as a revolutionary act.
Political Prisoner Installation - International Women's Day
Date: 10/21/1991Call Number: V 492Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Street celebrations of International Women’s Day include the Women Against Imperialism Quilt, a political prisoner and prisoner of war street installation and street theater. Activists portray various figures like Linda Evans, Alejandrina Torres, Ricardo Flores Magon as well as pay tribute to the indigenous peoples of California, the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico. The performance is part of the International Women’s Day theme of 500 Years of Resistance.
