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Freedom Archives Productions

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

Subcollections

Documents

Unlock the Box Unlock the Box
Date: 8/1/2008Call Number: CD 662Format: DVDProducers: MIMCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The struggle to put an end to long-term isolation in u.$. prisons that has been waged by prisoners and activists for decades. Starting from the premise that long-term isolation is a form of torture that serves no purpose except the state's oppressive aims at social control. Voices and artwork of current and former prisoners who have done time in control units.
Control Unit Prisons Control Unit Prisons
Date: 11/4/1989Call Number: CD 696Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
CBS News Report about control units, Demonstration protesting control unit, Chicago event with Judge Bruce Wright and Jose Lopez about campaign to shut down control units.
Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CD 705Format: CDProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Accounts of atrocities committed against Arabs, Christians, and Palestinians since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1948. Includes graphic descriptions of torture in Israeli prisons, mass arrests of Arab men, collective punishment of Arab villages, demolition of homes, curfews in occupied territories, IDF looting private homes and businesses, Israeli refusal to allow humanitarian aid into refugee camps and occupied zones, indiscriminate killings, bombings of villages.
Guantanamo Event at Riverside Church Guantanamo Event at Riverside Church
Date: 3/3/2008Call Number: LT 002Format: VHSCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
A panel organized by the Riverside Church to address institutionalized practices of torture, as part of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture to shut down Guantanamo Bay. Featuring Ron Daniels.
Guantanamo Riverside Church Event - Part 1 Guantanamo Riverside Church Event - Part 1
Date: 3/3/2008Call Number: LT 003Format: Mini DVCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
A panel organized by the Riverside Church to address institutionalized practices of torture, as part of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture to shut down Guantanamo Bay.
Guantanamo Riverside Church Event - Part 2 Guantanamo Riverside Church Event - Part 2
Date: 3/3/2008Call Number: LT 004Format: Mini DVCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
A panel organized by the Riverside Church to address institutionalized practices of torture, as part of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture to shut down Guantanamo Bay.
Soffiyah Elijah Interview - Part 1 Soffiyah Elijah Interview - Part 1
Call Number: LT 005Format: Mini DVProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Attorney Soffiyah Elijah speaks of the lasting effects of COINTELPRO. Interview for Legacy of Torture.
Soffiyah Elijah Interview - Part 2 Soffiyah Elijah Interview - Part 2
Call Number: LT 006Format: Mini DVProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Attorney Soffiyah Elijah speaks of the lasting effects of COINTELPRO and other forms of torture against political prisoners. Interview for Legacy of Torture
Soffiyah Elijah - Courthouse Recap Soffiyah Elijah - Courthouse Recap
Date: 5/3/2007Call Number: LT 007Format: Mini DVProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Materials shot and gathered for the making of “Legacy of Torture”
Attorney Soffiyah Elijah gives a brief recap of the SF 8 case and Grand Jury in front of the San Francisco courthouse.
Unlock the Box Unlock the Box
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: CD 734Format: DVDProducers: Maoist InternationalCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The struggle to put an end to long-term isolation in u.$. prisons that has been waged by prisoners and activists for decades. Starting from the premise that long-term isolation is a form of torture that serves no purpose except the state's oppressive aims at social control, Unlock the Box documents the many forms of struggle that this movement has taken over the years.