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  Watts Up?

  Outside Agitators, Politics

  A special 25-minute documentary produced by leaders of the Watts gang truce between the Crips and Bloods. Nancy Buchanan and Michael Zinzun ran a video production class at Watts Arts Tower to teach these residents how to shoot and edit video, and then they produced this documentary that reviewed the impact of the gang truce after it had been in effect for one year.

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  [Message to the Grassroots raw: Bernice McDaniels interview]

  Black, Communities, Outside Agitators, Politics

  Field footage shot by Michael Zinzun with Nancy Buchanan assistance in Kings Villages, Pasadena, CA. Zinzun explores broken promises for resident ownership, issues with management, and unprovoked evictions. He speaks with residents who depend on Section 8 assistance.

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  Message to the Grass Roots: We All Need to Support the Gang Truce

  Black, Communities, Outside Agitators, Politics

  An episode of Message to the Grass Roots, 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 the LA gang truce.

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  Message to the Grass Roots: The L.A. Uprising: Before, During, and… Is It Over?

  Outside Agitators, Politics

  A program composed of field commentary by Michael Zinzun interspersed with documentary footage shot by Raegan Kelly, Ray Rodgers, and a news program about the Rodney King incident. This was produced by Luca Celada and East West Productions.

• No Grapes

  Outside Agitators

  Documentary advocating that the use of pesticides in grape production be stopped due to negative health effects on workers.

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  The March

  Black, Outside Agitators

  “The March” is a documentary by filmmaker James Blue (1930-1980) about the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August of 1963. Blue filmed participants as they prepared for the March on Washington in their home cities, followed them as they traveled to Washington, and recorded some of the events on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Note: this is a partial version of the film that does not include Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech.

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  [Chicago 1966 Peace March]

  Chicago, Outside Agitators, Tom Palazzolo

  Chicago, 1966. Artists assemble at Dominico Di Meo’s loft to prepare banners and artwork for an anti-Vietnam War demonstration led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. People pictured include: Vincent Arcilesi, Bernie Beckman, Harry Bouras, Josh Kind (a critic), Vera Klement, Rodney Quiriconi, and Jim Zanzi.

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  [Unknown performance]

  Chicago, CLIR, Kartemquin Films, Outside Agitators, Roots of Video

  Fragments from what appears to be some sort of staged performance. The footage is sparse and cuts in and out, sometimes with loud feedback noises.