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Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials

Documents

WEB Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices WEB Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: V 157Format: VHSProducers: Louis MassiahCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Writer/Narrators: Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka The long and remarkable life of Dr. William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B) Du Bois (1868-1963) offers unique insights into an eventful century in African American history. Born three years after the end of the Civil War, Du Bois witnessed the imposition of Jim Crow, its defeat by the Civil Rights Movement and the triumph of African independence struggles. Du Bois was the consummate scholar-activist whose path-breaking works remain among the most significant and articulate ever produced on the subject of race. His contributions and legacy have been so far-reaching, that this, his first film biography, required the collaboration of four prominent African American writers. Wesley Brown, Thulani Davis, Toni Cade Bambara and Amiri Baraka narrate successive periods of Du Bois' life and discuss its impact on their work. Part One: Black Folk and the New Century (1895-1915) Du Bois' first sociological work, The Philadelphia Negro, and, even more, The Souls of Black Folk, examined the cultural and political psychology of the American African Diaspora. During the same period, racism was institutionalized under the Jim Crow system. Du Bois emerged as the most outspoken critic of Booker T. Washington's advocacy of accommodation to segregation. He co-founded the Niagara Movement and then the NAACP to agitate for full equality between blacks and whites. Part Two: The Crisis and the New Negro (1919-1929) Du Bois created the NAACP's magazine, The Crisis, which became a vital organ in the burgeoning African American cultural movement, the Harlem Renaissance. Du Bois also was a founder of the Pan African movement, organizing the first international congresses of leaders from Africa and the Diaspora. Part Three: A Second Reconstruction? (1934-1948) Dismissed from the editorship of The Crisis for his radical views, Du Bois was forced to resume his academic career at age 68. It was now the Depression and he became more open to leftist ideology as reflected in his magnum opus, Black Reconstruction. Part Four: Color, Democracy, Colonies and Peace (1949-1963) Du Bois' continuing anti-racist activism and growing leftist sympathies made him a target during the McCarthy years. He was indicted and for a time his passport was revoked. In 1961, Kwame Nkrumah, the president of the newly independent African state of Ghana, invited him to participate in that country's development; Du Bois accepted, living there for the remainder of his life.
Los Presos de Bragado Los Presos de Bragado
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: V 288Format: VHSProducers: Mariana ArrutiCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The struggle for justice by three Argentinian anarchists: Vuotto, Mainini and Diago, a case which shook Argentinian society throughout the 1930s and subsequently.
Sanyika Shakur on "60 Minutes" and home video Sanyika Shakur on "60 Minutes" and home video
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 335Format: VHSProducers: CBS, Sanyika ShakurProgram: 60 minutesCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Former LA gang member Sanyika Shakur is interviewed in prison by "60 Minutes" following the release of his autobiography, Monster. Shakur discusses at length his political transformation from “Crip” to revolutionary, his citizenship in the Peoples Republic of New Afrika, political education and the influence of other political prisoner writings. He also discusses why politically conscious prisoners are isolated in Pelican Bay, where he was held.
Sanyika Shakur - 60 Minutes and home video Sanyika Shakur - 60 Minutes and home video
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 478Format: VHSProducers: CBS, Sanyika ShakurProgram: 60 MinutesCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Former LA gang member Sanyika Shakur is interviewed in prison by "60 Minutes" following the release of his autobiography, Monster. Shakur discusses at length his political transformation from “Crip” to revolutionary, his citizenship in the Peoples Republic of New Afrika, political education and the influence of other political prisoner writings. He also discusses why politically conscious prisoners are isolated in Pelican Bay, where he was held.
AFDC Demonstration at Feinstein’s Office AFDC Demonstration at Feinstein’s Office
Date: 2/14/1995Call Number: V 510Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Aid to Families with Dependent Children supporters protest outside of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office calling for her to oppose the drastic cuts to the program. Women argue that cutbacks are a direct attack against poor women of color. Activists from the Senior Action Network say that it will endanger their affordable care services and medical needs.
Zapatista/Chiapas Teach-In at Last Elm Cafe Zapatista/Chiapas Teach-In at Last Elm Cafe
Date: 5/20/1995Call Number: V 551Format: VHSProgram: Zapatista/Chiapas Teach-InCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Series of speakers at a teach-in about Chiapas.
CEML Program (10-21-1995) Keynote Address CEML Program (10-21-1995) Keynote Address
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 620Format: VHSProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
MC Nancy Kurshan, speakers Dr. Alan Berkman, Nozomi Ikuta, and Jose Lopez. Topics discussed include proliferation of the criminal justice system and control units, control units and social control, physical and psychological conditions in control units, and prisons as reflections of America as a colonial power and its historical roots in racism and white power. There is also a taped video statement by Sanyika Shakur and his 60 minutes interview is shown. Transcript available for download.
CEML Program (10-21-1995) Keynote Address CEML Program (10-21-1995) Keynote Address
Date: 10/21/1995Call Number: V 642Format: DV CamProducers: CEMLCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Excerpts from Keynote address: MC Nancy Kurshan, speakers Dr. Alan Berkman, Nozomi Ikuta, and Jose Lopez. Topics discussed include proliferation of the criminal justice system and control units, control units and social control, physical and psychological conditions in control units, and prisons as reflections of America as a colonial power and its historical roots in racism and white power. There is also a taped video statement by Sanyika Shakur and his 60 minutes interview is shown. Transcript available for download.