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Pictures from a Revolution
Call Number: V 711Format: VHSProducers: GMR FilmsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Susan Meiselas, who covered the Sandinista Revolution for the New York Times, returns to Nicaragua in the early 1990s to track down the people pictured in her original photographs. This film examines the Revolution and its complex aftermath.
"In the Name of Democracy"
Date: 9/15/1984Call Number: FI 228Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Brief unedited narrative, without music, on anti-imperialist struggle in Latin America, with historical mention of the Attica rebellion, the fascist coup in Chile, and US interventions in general, all "in the name of democracy."
Nicaragua Health Care
Date: 11/17/1984Call Number: FI 229Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
In-depth interview with Bob Robinson, doctorate in Public Health in Central America, on his visit to revolutionary Nicaragua with the Third World Medical Task Force. Notable for its discussion of conditions for Miskito Indians and Black population on Atlantic Coast.
Back from Nicaragua
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: CD 899Format: DVDProducers: Nina Serrano, Valerie LandauProgram: KTEHCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Documentary featuring Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Holly Near and the Looters.
Karen Wald on Cuba 1
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 255Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.
Karen Wald on Cuba 2
Date: 8/5/1986Call Number: FI 256Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview, before final editing, with Karen Wald, who has lived and worked in Cuba. She discusses how she thinks Cuba has changed, problems, possible plans for invasion of Cuba. In-depth discussion of health care system and her response to charges that Cuba tortures political prisoners, the Armando Valladares case, juvenile delinquency, and prison conditions in general.
Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal
Call Number: LA 216Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina Serrano (Melon Studio, Robin Woodland).Collection: Struggles in Latin America
Poem by Nicolas Guillen of Cuba (Tengo/I Have--shortr segment in Spanish/full translation in English).
Tape also includes many "takes" of an introduction to the Nicaraguan revolution and poet Ernesto Cardenal.
Nicaragua Speech
Call Number: FI 278Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Speech summarizing the "Iran-Contra Affair," involving the transition of Carter to Reagan: US duplicity and hypocrisy in claiming non-support for the Contra war against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, while supplying arms and other support and directly contravening Congressional ruling against aid to the Contras.
Judy Gerber and The School of the Americas
Date: 5/21/1993Call Number: CD 907Format: CDProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
The radio broadcast by Judy Gerber illustrates the dangers of the School of the Americas and its graduates. Many of the criminals of war who incited mutiple killings and massacres in Central and South America graduated from The College of the Americas.
Saul Landau (3rd Thurs at La Pena) Aug 20, 1987
Date: 8/20/1987Call Number: CV 330Format: Cass A & BProgram: Friends of Nicaraguan CultureCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latin Americanist Saul Landau gives a talk concerning Nicaragua, Iran-Contra, Reagan's foreign policy, American involvement in Central American affairs, and the invocation of national security for suppressing information
