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Chavez, Venezuela and the new Latin America
Date: 2/1/2004Call Number: V 227Format: DVDProducers: Oceanfilm - Alea GuevaraCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In February 2004, Alea Guevara (the daughter of Che Guevara) conducted an extended, exclusive interivew with Hugo Chavez, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, exploring Venezuela's explosive revolutionary terrain post-April 2002 — when Hugo Chávez survived a coup attempt instigated by the United States. Featuring interviews with Hugo Chávez, and Jorge García Carneiro, newly appointed head of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, along with others involved in the country's many social programs, this film affords a rare opportunity to glimpse through the blockade of information imposed by the United States and into a country rich with hope, dreams and... oil.
The Case of Silvia Baraldini
Date: 4/16/1991Call Number: PM 267Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Sally O'BrianProgram: Where We LiveCollection: Silvia Baraldini
Silvia Baraldini describes her harsh treatment and that of other U.S. political prisoners. Her attorney, Elizabeth Fink, comments on the lack of evidence presented at trial and the extreme sentencing and punishment of Baraldini at the Lexington Federal Prison. Italian member of Parliament Emma Bonino, and Italian journalist Patricia Lambroso comment on Italian parliamentary and public support for Baraldini.
Yasser Arafat speaks in Havana
At a Cuban press conference, head of the PLO, Yasser Arafat thanks friendly Socialist and Islamic countries for their support of the Palestinian Liberation struggle. He condemns the United States, Israel, and Egypt's President Sadat for their abuse of the rights of the Palestinian people. Arafat responds to press questions about his formula for peace.
The War at Home
Date: 1/1/1979Call Number: V 234Format: DVDProducers: Glen Silber, Barry Alexander BrownCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
An acclaimed documentary, The War at Home reveals what happened in Madison, Wisconsin during most of the 1960s and the early '70s when students and the community began to protest the Vietnam War. Directors Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown spent a long time going through the news archives of a local television station to cull footage from those years. Then they selected specific clips and first put together a background on the war. Quotes from John F. Kennedy to Richard Nixon and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, along with many other public figures vividly bring back the past. Next, the events at Madison are brought forward and local public figures speak memorable lines. Demonstrations are shown, as well as news events, like the man, now in jail, who bombed an Army information center on campus and killed a student. Emotion and drama run high throughout, making this a worthy documentary for anyone who either has forgotten or never knew what those days were like. This documentary won a Special Jury Prize at the now defunct U.S. Film Festival and was nominated for "Best Documentary" at the 1979 Academy Awards.
Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill speaks on the liberation of indigenous people
focusing on Leonard Peltier, a political prisoner. He then speaks on his book The Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality.
Ward Churchill and Natsu Saito Uncut! Tape 1 0f 2
Ward Churchill Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University
of Colorado gives a speech, primarily to discuss the controversy
swirling around him, but also to promote his book On the Justice of
Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial
Arrogance and Criminality. The first of these speeches took place on
the evening of March 25 at The Women's Building in San Francisco's
Mission District. Churchill's wife and fellow professor Natsu Saito gives a short speech preceding Churchill's.
Ward Churchill Uncut! Tape 2 of 2
Ward Churchill, a member of the Colorado chapter of the
American Indian Movement, speaks on his Cherokee heritage, Leonard
Peltier's incarceration, the United States repression of indigenous
people, conservative Colorado based journalist Charlie Brennan, and Churchill's own anachronistic analysis of the Palestine situation.
Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado speaks at the anarchist book fair. Churchill discusses the controversy swirling around him, and promotes his book On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality. Churchill compares Americans to Nazi's. He also discusses Iraqi victims of the war, right-wing conservative government control, and U.S. government perpetrated genocide.
Chile 3 and 4
A panel of representatives from the Socialist and Communist parties in South America speak on various issues facing Chile after the coup d'etat in September of 1973. Topics discussed include: Chile's natural resources, boycotting imports from countries supporting the military Junta, United States support of Pinochet's fascist repression of the Unidad Popular, information of disappeared people and the National Liberation Movement's fight to regain socialist momentum. Speakers reflect on the effectiveness of Allende's Socialist party's dedication to equality for women, and the failures of the party's armed forces.
Chile 5 and 6
A panel of representatives from the socialist and communist parties in South America speak on various issues facing Chile after the coup d'tat in September of 1973. Speakers discuss the history of Chile's armed forces, why these armed forces provided insufficient defense during the coup, the Junta's political prisoners, and the United State's involvement in the demise of the Unidad Popular.
