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Bold Native
Date: 1/1/2010Call Number: V 582Format: DVDProducers: Open Road FilmCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
An animal liberator wanted by the United States government for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does. The film simultaneously follows a young woman who works for an animal welfare organization fighting within the system to establish more humane treatment of farmed animals. From abolitionists to welfarists, Bold Native takes on the issue of modern animal use and exploitation from several angles within the context of a road movie adventure story.
Cesar Chavez Interview
Cesar Chavez explains how police prevented him and his followers from organizing people to boycott grapes because of their contamination by extremely dangerous pesticides. He also describes arrests of protesters including Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.
Gustavo Gutierrez
Gustavo Gutierrez on his work as an organizer for farm workers' rights, his support of Cesar Chavez and the UFW, as well as his antiwar work.
The immigration wars (Prop 187)
Introduction to the debate about Proposition 187, also known by the political right as the “Save our State” initiative, which mainly prohibits “illegal immigrants” from using health care, public education, and social services in California.
Interview of the music band “Puro Bandido” from the Mission District, SF, whose inspiration comes from Carlos Santana.
Interviews about Cesar Chavez and the UFW to commemorate his birthday.
Out of the Darkness
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: Vin 048Producers: Fire on the Mountain, Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, Holly Near, Don Lange, Cris Williamson, Charlie King, Jesse Colin Young, Dick Gaughan, Sweet Honey in the RockCollection: General materials
A compilation of protest songs against nuclear energy and war sung by folk singers, including Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, and Jesse Colin Young. Themes include peace and environmental justice.
Joni Mitchell- Ladies of the Canyon
Joni Mitchell's third studio album. A collection of folk songs that became highly influential, many with a distinct social consciousness. Notable tracks include "Big Yellow Taxi," a song about environmental issues, and "Woodstock," which chronicles the pivotal music and arts festival with a critical eye.
Ward Churchill - American Indian Movement of Pine Ridge: Siege by FBI and US Marshalls
Date: 3/23/1991Call Number: CE 484Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Ward Churchill, author, activist, and former professor, speaks about the 71-day siege at Wounded Knee in which 200 or so Oglala Lakota and members of the AIM occupied Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation responding to the failure of impeaching the tribal president and to expose inhumane and corrupt conditions on Pine Ridge by the US Federal government through the tribal government. Churchill gives a succinct history of Lakota/US relations, including details of treaties, and discusses the role of COINTELPRO in neutralizing the AIM.
Winona LaDuke - From Genocide to Resistance: The Next 500 Years
Date: 4/21/1992Call Number: CE 485Format: Cass A & BProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist, environmentalist juxtaposes two concepts of Native American life (time is cyclical and reciprocity) with two concepts in industrial thinking (time as timeline and capitalism). She speaks in response to the quincentennial celebration of Columbus' arrival to the "new world." LaDuke calls for recognition of the "holocaust" of the Native American people and cites statistics relating to the mistreatment of indigenous populations, such as using their land as toxic waste dumps.
Russell Means - For the World to Live, Columbus Must Die
Date: 4/27/1992Call Number: CE 486Format: Cass A & BProducers: KALWProgram: Alternative RadioCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Russell Means, Oglala Sioux activist, speaks in response to Andy Rooney's column on how it is "silly" for Native Americans to complain about professional sports team names.
Means discusses the image of Native Americans, as opposed to Blacks in America. He combats the claim that Native Americans have no great culture and complicates the idea of Native American contribution. He discusses the effects of nuclear waste on Indian Reservations, or what he calls "concentration camps." He puts responsibility on the white citizens of America to see to it that the US government follows its own laws, and to curb the waste it produces.
For things to change, people must "Kill Columbus - kill his legacy."
Carolyn Casey
Carolyn Casey is a host of a visionary activist show talking about the planet and its centrality and importance to our lives. She constantly refers to the Gods of the planets and how they speak to us to influence our feelings and decisions. Many people call in with their problems and she tries to solve them through this "visionary activist" point of view.
