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Youth Issues and News Roundup
Date: 7/2/1983Call Number: FI 157Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Many announcements and news updates on political events and rallies. Interview with Ray Balberan, representing a coalition of Mission district organizations, about severe and documented abuses against young people at the San Francisco Youth Guidance Center.
Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron on safety and terrorism. Lebron emphasizes the vital and irreplaceable role that women play and describes the role of Puerto Rican women as transcendental. She also discusses three liberation events: el Grito de Lares, el Grito de Jayuya y el Grito de Washington. Lebron talks about key figures involved in each battle for freedom against oppressive colonial powers. She stresses the immediate need for women to realize that they are still led by men and that they must first free themselves before they can help anyone else. Lebron ends with a solidarity statement calling for revolutionary education and action.
Prison Program at New College - Interview with Hugo Pinell
Performance and program regarding prison conditions 12/13/1997. Part 2
Interview with Hugo Pinell November, 1983 in Pelican Bay Prison.
Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 1
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron with message to the movement in San Francisco.
Lolita Lebron - Alderson Interview - Part 2
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner, Lolita Lebron with message to the movement in San Francisco.
Veritas: Everyone Loves Harvard
Call Number: V 708Format: DVDProducers: IndyfilmCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This film examines the hidden history of Harvard, which has served as a training ground for America's elite. Featured topics include the historical role and global impact of the institution.
Maestra (Teacher)
Call Number: V 712Format: DVDProducers: The Literacy ProjectCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This film documents the 1961 National Campaign for Literacy in Cuba. Thousands of teenage girls traveled to remote mountain regions and lived with their students for up to one year, teaching at night and on weekends. Over 700,000 illiterate adults learned to read & write that year. Spanish with English subtitles.
Granito de Arena (Grain of Sand)
Call Number: V 713Format: DVDProducers: Corrugated FilmsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Granito de Arena is the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, nonviolent movement took Mexico by surprise, and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle for social and economic justice in Mexico's public schools.
Anti Prop. 187 march
Chuy Varela takes to the streets of the Fruitvale district in Oakland Ca, during a demonstration against proposition 187. he interviews various local community members and activists who will be effected by the proposition. Proposition 187 proposed state wide citizen screening checks that would prevent undocumented people access to social services such as health care and education.
A Visit to the Soviet Union Part 1: Women of Russia
Call Number: V 724Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Women of Russia resulted from a 1961 photographic tour of the Soviet Union which focused upon the work, housing, education, child care and medical facilities available to women in a socialist society. This film, part one of two, covers Moscow.
