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Reality: Family, Community, The Truce
Black, Communities, Latinx
This video presents a variety of interviews and musical performances on the subject of gangs and gang violence. The primary topic is the truce between Black and Latinx gangs in the Oakwood area of the neighborhood of Venice in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 1994.
The people in the video include gang members, former gang members, and members of Los Angeles communities most affected by gangs. Speakers discuss the root causes of gangs, including disinvestment and lack of economic opportunity in Black and Latinx neighborhoods.
Produced through the Imperial Courts Cap Video Workshop, 1994. Continue reading →
La Gigantona Shoot
Chuck Kleinhans, Communities, Global Village, Julia Lesage, Latinx
00:01 Camera opens on some men standing in a truck and children surrounding them in Nicaragua. The kids crowd around the camera and recording equipment. They unload drums and masks from the truck, and the kids play the drums. Shots of people walking around and kids putting on the masks. Men riding on a tractor. Woman speaks in spanish as a demonstration for the camera and the drums play, large masks dance. 16:33 Cut to a group of men sitting … Continue reading →
[Bridging the Black-Chicano Gap Through Art 9/23/91]
Black, Communities, Latinx, Politics
An episode of Message to the Grassroots, a cable access talk show produced & hosted by Michael Zinzun from 1988-1998 at Pasadena Community Access Corporation, which is now Pasadena Media . This program focuses on community art. Continue reading →
[Howard Zinn raw #76: Same event, different perspective, as #74]
Communities, Howard Zinn, Latinx
Howard Zinn speaking at Campos High School. Continue reading →
[Howard Zinn raw #51: Zinn continues his remarks on U.S. global involvement and answers questions]
Communities, Howard Zinn, Latinx
Howard Zinn speaks at Amherst College on “The Myth of the Cold War” and responds to audience questions. Continue reading →
Chicago Tonight: 1996 Democratic National Convention, Day 2
Black, Chicago, Communities, Latinx, Politics
This special edition of Chicago Tonight covers the second day of the 1996 Democratic National Convention, including Jesse Jackson’s speech to the convention floor. Continue reading →
Mensajeros (español)
Chuck Kleinhans, Communities, Global Perspectives on War and Peace, Global Village, Julia Lesage, Latinx
“Mensajeros” presenta una interpretacion musical de “El Grupo Camayoc,” que significa “mensajero” en Nahuatl, la idiome de varias gente indigenas de Centro-America. El Grupo Camayoc grabo esta interpretacion con Julia Lesage y Chuck Kleinhans al aire libre en Estelí, Nicaragua, en Septembre 1987. Ellos tocan sus canciones originales y tambien interpreten unos canciones de Carlos Mejía Godoy y Pablo Milanés. Continue reading →
Las Nicas (español)
Communities, Global Perspectives on War and Peace, Global Village, Julia Lesage, Latinx
Una dramatización basada en entrevistas hechas por Julia Lesage y Carole Isaacs con mujeres nicaragüenses en Managua en 1981 y 1982. Las mujeres hablan de la vida diaria bajo la revolución y de la represión de la díctadura somocista. Expresen sus ideas sobre el trabajo, la religión, la vida romántica, los hombres, la familia y los niños, la defensa, y la participación social. Continue reading →