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We Shall Remain
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: V 532Format: DVDProducers: WGBHCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A five-part television series that shows how Native peoples valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture -- from the Wampanoags of New England in the 1600s who used their alliance with the English to weaken rival tribes, to the bold new leaders of the 1970s who harnessed the momentum of the civil rights movement to forge a pan-Indian identity.
Episodes include:
1. After the Mayflower - In 1621, Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags of New England negotiated a treaty with Pilgrim settlers. A half-century later, as a brutal war flared between the English and a confederation of Indians, this diplomatic gamble seemed to have been a grave miscalculation. Directed by Chris Eyre.
2. Tecumseh's Vision - In the course of his brief and meteoric career, Tecumseh would become one of the greatest Native American leaders of all time, orchestrating the most ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement ever mounted on the North American continent. After his death he would live on as a potent symbol of Native pride and pan Indian identity. Directed by Ric Burns and Chris Eyre.
3. Trail of Tears - Though the Cherokee embraced "civilization" and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous march to Oklahoma. Directed by Chris Eyre.
4. Geronimo - As the leader of the last Native American fighting force to capitulate to the U.S. government, Geronimo was seen by some as the perpetrator of unspeakable savage cruelties, while to others he was the embodiment of proud resistance. Directed by Dustinn Craig and Sarah Colt.
5. Wounded Knee - In 1973, American Indian Movement activists and residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation occupied the town of Wounded Knee, demanding redress for grievances. As a result of the siege, Indians across the country forged a new path into the future. Directed by Stanley Nelson.
Zapatista
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 538Format: VHSProducers: Big NoiseCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
With exclusive access and interviews with Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky and others, Zapatista is the definitive look at the Zapatista uprising, its historical roots and its lessons for the present and the future.
January 1, 1994. The day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico,several thousand Mayan soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas, declaring a war against the global corporate power they say rules Mexico. They call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army(EZLN).
Zapatista is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a standstill and transformed Mexican and international political culture forever.
FeaturingInterviews with: Subcomandante Marcos, Noam Chomsky, Comandante Tacho,David and Zebedeo, Mayor Insurgente Ana Maria, Javier Elorriaga, Zachde la Rocha.
The Strength of the Indigenous People of Mut Vitz
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 542Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documents the Mut Vitz coffee growing collective, traces the entire organic coffee production process: from seedling to transplant, from cultivation to the roasted bean.
Encuentro with the Indigenous Peoples of Colombia
Call Number: V 544Format: VHSProducers: Robin Lloyd, Green Valley MediaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documents visit of delegation from Colombian Human Rights Network to the Cauca region. Indigenous activists from North and South America discuss effects of European colonization on their cultures. Ends with community gathering celebrating delivery of material aid.
PFLP Interviews
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 400Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews from members of the PFLP. Leila Khaled explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine.
An unidentified PFLP member talks about the differences in ideology between the PDFLP and the PFLP.
La Familia Indigena
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 545Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: La Familia IndigenaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Examines the role of men and women in the Indigenous community of Ejido Morelia. They discuss their individual and collective work.
The Bad Harvest
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 546Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: The Bad HarvestCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documents severe food shortages in 1998. A six-month drought followed by heavy rains and flooding destroyed 50% of the corn crops and 80% of the bean crops. This natural disaster occurs at the same time as constant harassment by 60,000 troops.
The Sacred Land
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: V 547Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: The Sacred LandCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Sacred Land describes what life was like on plantations before the Zapatista uprising in 1994. Decribes the slavery-like conditions in which people worked for the rancheros. Community members reflect on how life has changed since 1994 and express their hopes and dreams for their collective future.
We Speak Against Injustice
Date: 1/1/2002Call Number: V 548Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: We Speak Against InjusticeCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Follows the Zapatista caravan in March of 2001 that visited 11 cities on the way to Mexico City where the EZLN along with other Indigenous groups presented the San Andres Accords to the Mexican Congress. The second half of the video documents the upsurge in paramilitary violence in Chiapas that began in August 2001.
The Silence of the Zapatistas/Walking Towards the Dawn
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 549Format: VHSProducers: Chiapas Media ProjectProgram: The Silence of the Zapatistas/Walking Towards the DawnCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documents non-violent protests organized by Zapatista communities against the military presence. Walking Towards the Dawn presents the work of the Human Rights Center Fray Bartolome de las Casas, including interviews with Bishop Samuel Ruiz and staff, and workshops conducted with survivors of the Acteal massacre,
