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Cobb County Gay Rights Rally
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: JG/ 132Format: Cass A & BCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Gay and lesbian community members speak in response to legislation passed by the Georgia county to "condemn" homosexuality and cut off all public funding for arts and anything opposed to "traditional family values." 4,000 rallied to voice their disapproval.
Women surviving prison, living with AIDS
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 391Format: VHSProducers: Debra Levne, Catherine SaalfieldCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Women prisoners who are peer educators and counselors in an HIV/AIDS program at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York State's maximum security prison for women, describe the positive role of a peer support program. Using examples from their own experiences, the women discuss the strengths of the AIDS Counseling and Education Program (ACE) in meeting the psychosocial needs of the prison population concerning HIV/AIDS.
ACT-UP - NY-DIVA TV
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: V 424Format: VHSProducers: DIVA-TVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
DIVA-TV, a media contingent of ACT-UP/NY - interviews with ACT-UP/NY members about their political dedication to the group, a teach-in put together by the women’s caucus of ACT-UP, a safe-sex video for HIV+ gay men, and the disruption of the 1988 National Republican Convention.
Immigrant Rights: A Civill Rights Issue For the 90's - Part 2
Date: 10/25/1990Call Number: CV 269Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About xenophobia and racism against immigrants across the world (in the US, France, Italy, and England) and the attacks on civil rights. The fight for multi ethnic unity in the face of anti-immigrant mobilizations and opposing attempts to pit different ethnic groups against one another. The 1986 Immigration Reformation and Control Act is discussed, which introduces I-9 Forms and grants some immigrants amnesty. INS abuses on the borders are also addressed.
1993 Dyke March - Window Dub
Date: 5/1/1993Call Number: V 480Format: VHSProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with lesbians and dykes in the Castro preparing for the march. Topics range from breast cancer, women only spaces, transgender politics, racism, anti-militarism, sexism, and AIDS/HIV. The march down follows.
1993 Dyke March - Window Dub
Date: 5/1/1993Call Number: V 481Format: VHSProducers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interviews with lesbians and dykes in the Castro preparing for the march. Topics range from breast cancer, women only spaces, transgender politics, racism, anti-militarism, sexism, and AIDS/HIV. The march down follows.
Activision - Documents of Dissent
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: V 482Format: VHSProducers: Lisa RudmanProgram: PCTVCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Compilation of Activism Shorts. Includes Pledge of Resistance's Coit Tower El Salvador Action in San Francisco; Stop AIDS Now or Else’s Golden Gate Bridge Action; Ladies Against Women and the Right Wing skit on abortion rights; International Women's Day 1988; and a music video documenting imperialism and resistance in the Philippines.
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.
Golden Gate Bridge Action
Date: 1/31/1989Call Number: V 505Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Stop AIDS Now or Else - SANOE’s first direct action protest blocks morning rush hour traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge disrupting business as usual. Protesters call for increased action as opposed to increased work with AIDS service organizations criticizing that little beyond care work is being done. When asked if any of the activists have AIDS a protester retorts, “We are all living with AIDS.” Most of the demonstrators are arrested and charged with being a public nuisance and trespassing. Some stalled motorists agree with SANOE tactics to bring attention to the AIDS/HIV pandemic.
AIDS Action Pledge - First Demonstration
Date: 9/1/1987Call Number: V 506Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The AIDS Action Pledge forms in response to Reagan’s corrupted AIDS Commission and has its first demonstration in front of the Federal Building. Protesters wear playing cards that spoof the individual members of Reagan’s AIDS commission as being homophobic and dangerous. A guerrilla theater performance blasts the Reagan administration for perpetuating the myth of AIDS being a gay white male disease by drawing attention to sex workers, queer people of color, and the governments general lack of response. The actors and protesters denounce the AIDS commission and call for support of Black and Latino AIDS programs in San Francisco.
