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  Bus Riders Union

  Studs Terkel

  Documentary about an activist group called the Bus Riders Union. Their focus is on improving the public transportation system in Los Angeles. The bus system there is in a sorry state. Busses are overcrowded. A rider will routinely see three busses pass her by, completely full, before being able to board. Handicapped riders find that the lift system on most busses is broken. Many riders need to take three or more busses to arrive at their destinations, and late night service on some routes is discontinued without any notice. On top of this, the MTA was planning a massive fare increase and focusing their energy on subways and trains that are costly and benefit mainly upper class white people. The B.R.U. views this struggle over Los Angeles busses as the new civil rights battle. The bus system is utilized almost exclusively by minorities and low income residents. Since the busses are so unreliable, workers are not able to predictably arrive on time and therefore have trouble holding jobs. This means that an already disadvantaged segment of the population is being further held back. Kikanza Ramsey, B.R.U. organizer, describes her organization as “an experiment to see if we can create a multi-racial, bi-lingual, gender-balanced mass movement of working class people.” The tape follows the legal struggles of the group throughout the 90’s as they battle with the city and the MTA for service improvements.

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  The Panama Deception

  International, Politics, Video Makers Choice, War and Peace

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. A video documenting the role of the United States in the situation leading up to, during, and after the invasion of Panama in the late 1980s.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #9]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Sports, Tom Weinberg, White Sox

  Raw tape of Minnie Minoso playing shuffleboard with Tom Weinberg at the Sarasota Motor Hotel in Florida for “Inside Spring Training.” They start to make small talk, such as some basic questions about Minoso’s background. We also get some aerial b-roll footage. Towards the end, Minoso becomes more confessional about his career and future plans.

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  [The 90s -] Hummingbirds and Health Care Worker’s Strike

  American Way, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  This is raw camera footage shot by Skip Blumberg for the TV show The 90s. This particular video shows a home care worker’s strike and a brass band called The Hummingbirds playing performing at the demonstration.

• Columbia Horizontal

  Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media

  This is a documentary about beds and various forms of bedding told through current footage and interviews and split into 5 episodes. The documentary is in Spanish with English subtitles.

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  [The 90’s raw: NYC streets #5]

  American Way, Black, Communities, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's, Videomakers

  Raw footage shot for the TV series The 90’s. Skip Blumberg goes around the streets of New York taping everyday people and some of their thoughts. A portion of this video shows some of his family life. A larger portion is concerned with the performance of a cheerleading-type routine by a group of girls, which Blumberg has called “The Street”; there are several takes of this spanning about a third of the footage. The recordings take place outside the Marcy Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. On a subsequent tape, the group is called “The Champions.”

• [Selects from American Music Festival]

  Uncategorized

  Selects of bluegrass music and interviews from the American Music Festival.

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  [#4 At School]

  Latinx

  Puerto Rican Nationalists visit a conference in Chicago in honor of their actions, supporters group leaders speak to demonstrate their support.