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Pre-Christmas Show - Lolita Lebron Message
Date: 12/18/1976Call Number: FI 038Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Lolita Lebron Christmas message from prison. Story on Christmas tree lot owner in Oakland shooting at African-American kids,
Ku JKlux Klan activities at Camp Pendleton and Black marine resistance, INS atatcks on undocumented workers and case of Jose Medina. Song by Lucita.
Chicago 10
Date: 7/1/2008Call Number: CD 610Format: DVDProducers: Brett MorganCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Combining bold original animation with extraordinary archival footage, explores the buildup to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. The film brings viewers inside the courtroom to experience firsthand the drama, legal wrangling and raucous political theater. During the infamous 1968 Democratic national convention, antiwar protesters - denied permits to march and blocked from the political process - fought for their right to be heard. Confronted by Mayor Richard Daley's political machine, backed up by billy clubs and the stinging fog of tear gas, bloody riots splashed nightly on live television. Eight of the most vocal activists were charged and brought to trial in a courtroom circus that pitted activism against the establishment.
Welcome to New Orleans
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: CD 613Format: DVDProducers: Rasmus HolmCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A film about violence, racism and hope.
The first year after the hurricane Katrina. Malik Rahim, a 58 year old Black Panther, became a local hero in the days after the flooding and is now running a big grassroots organization.
Shutdown - the rise and fall of Direct action to Stop the War
Date: 1/1/2009Call Number: V 331Format: DVDProducers: AK PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Using the March 20, 2003 occupation and disruption of the San Francisco Financial District as a case study, the film casts an eye on one of the most successful actions of the current anti-war movement, facilitated by Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW). The movie tells the story of how social justice organizers and everyday people came together to plan and shut down the financial district of a major US city.
King's Candy - A New Orleans Kitchen Vision
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 618Format: CDProducers: Kitchen sistersProgram: NPR Morning editionCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Robert Hillary King, former political prisoner and one of the Angola 3 talks about making candy in prison and out.
Food Justice - a Growing Movement
Date: 1/1/2006Call Number: CD 624Format: DVDProducers: Martina Brimmer, Zora TuckerCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Issues of urban food security ae discussed in relationship to systemic oppression, environmental racism, health issues and the failure of our conventional food system. Focuses upon several of many Bay Area grassroots projects that are part of the food justice movement.
Crusin' Mission Street
Date: 7/26/1980Call Number: CD 625Format: DVDProducers: Belva DavisProgram: All Together NowCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Film discussing lowriding in the Mission District of San Francisco, conflicts with police and racial profiling.
Angola 3 - short news stories
Date: 1/1/2007Call Number: CD 626Format: DVDProducers: Robert MooreProgram: Independent Television NewsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Two excellent, short stories about the struggle to free the two remaining Angola 3 political prisoners, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox.
State of Emergency - Inside the L.A.P.D
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 334Format: VHSProducers: Julia Meltzer, Elizabeth CannerCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
On police brutality in the LA Police Department following the beating of Rodney King. Footage of police violence, also depicts communities working against the daily occupation of their neighborhoods.
American Gangster - J Edgar Hoover
Date: 11/1/2008Call Number: CD 636Format: DVDProducers: BETProgram: American GangsterCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Examines the most notorious government agent in US history, J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI and responsible for the COINTELPRO program directed at destroying progressive social movements especially the Black Panther Party.
