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Freedom Archives Productions

These materials were used in various Freedom Archives productions released between 2000 and 2013.

Subcollections

Documents

Interview with John Bowman Interview with John Bowman
Date: 10/28/2005Call Number: CD 521Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
John Bowman, targeted by a CA State Grand Jury investigating a police murder at Ingleside Station on August 29, 1971, explains why he will not cooperate. He speaks of his history as a Black Panther and community organizer, COINTELPRO, police abuse and repression, and his torture upon being captured in New Orleans in 1973.
Interview with Herman Bell Interview with Herman Bell
Date: 6/13/1974Call Number: CD 539Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview with Herman Bell by Claude Marks about the Black Liberation Movement, his reflections on political realities for Black communities and the politics of liberation and resistance; his capture in New Orleans; the torture of Black Liberation Army members by the police; BLA members murdered by police in New York; and his vision for the future.
Violence Against Women and Jonestown Tragedy Violence Against Women and Jonestown Tragedy
Date: 11/26/1977Call Number: FI 088Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Focus on violence against women, especially domestic violence, including interview with Cassandra Peaton, charged with murder of her husband in defending herself against abuse. Multi-sided analysis of the tragic events at Jonestown, Guyana.
Attica Lives and Dessie Woods Case Attica Lives and Dessie Woods Case
Date: 9/10/1977Call Number: FI 091Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Big Black speech on unity of both race and class - "Attica Lives". Dessie Woods case described, right of women to self-defense. Yvonne Wanrow whose trial as part of women's self defense cases begins October 1977, she speaks of her background, the case, and her family.
Women's Liberation Conference Women's Liberation Conference
Date: 1/7/1978Call Number: FI 100Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, NatalieProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Long poem on violence against women followed by excerpts from a socialist conference on women held in Berkeley.
From Iran to Greensboro From Iran to Greensboro
Date: 11/10/1979Call Number: FI 110Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Rise of anti-Iranian racism with reports on Iranian students in LA march for extradition of the Shah, with racist spectator comment, and anti-Iranian demonstrators in Houston. Opposing demonstrations in Washington, DC. Roundup of rising Klan activity. including Greensboro, NC assassination of five anti-Klan demonstrators with moving detailed phone interview.
The Palestinian Revolution - Part 1 & 2 The Palestinian Revolution - Part 1 & 2
Date: 4/1/1970Call Number: CD 709Format: CDProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Palestinian RevolutionCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
An introduction to the history of Zionism in Palestine. Interviews with officials from Palestinian revolutionary organizations about relations among their organizations their goals, philosophies, and political, social, and military activities.
The Palestinian Revolution - Part 3 The Palestinian Revolution - Part 3
Date: 4/1/1970Call Number: CD 710Format: CDProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Palestinian RevolutionCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
An introduction to the history of Zionism in Palestine. Interviews with officials from Palestinian revolutionary organizations about relations among their organizations their goals, philosophies, and political, social, and military activities.
Incident at Oglala Clips Incident at Oglala Clips
Date: 4/22/2009Call Number: C 10 040Format: DV CamCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Documentary directed by Michael Apted on Native American activist Leonard Peltier. Following 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee, and amid tensions between US government and Lakota Sioux, two FBI agents and one Native American killed by gunfire on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. Peltier was later arrested and imprisoned, although there was little direct evidence, and others charged earlier were found not guilty on the basis of legitimate self-defense. Narrated by Robert Redford (also the executive producer), the film revisits the scene of the shooting and assembles archival footage and interviews to show how Peltier was never granted a fair trial, while painting a larger portrait of social injustice in view of the contemporary living conditions of Native Americans.
Akinyele Umoja COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Akinyele Umoja COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: C 10 136Collection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Educator and activist - worked with the New Afrikan Independence Movement and founding member of New Afrikan Peoples Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement.