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  [Puerto Rican Independence Movement Saturday Workshops in Chicago #1]

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Latinx

  A Saturday workshop conference held in Chicago for the Puerto Rican Independence Movement, followed by a brief excerpt of footage of a young children’s classroom.

• Fidel Returns To Harlem

  Peoples Video Theater/Survival Arts Media

  A shaky video recording of Fidel Castro giving a speech at The Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem section of New York City on October 22, 1995. The main focus of Castro’s speech seems to dispel myths, and change opinions about his regime.

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  Where the Bombs Fall

  Communities, International, Latinx, War and Peace

  Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Documentary on children affected by the attacks on Panama City in 1989. Tape includes a 5-minute and an 8-minute version. A group of five year olds make drawings to show the violence that they have seen. The children show their drawings and talk about their experiences, a woman speaks about her murdered son and those still looking for their missing children, young men from the marines talk about how they don’t have time and are not supposed to question their actions. “I am to do what I am told to do, and that is all.” 

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  [The 90’s raw: Skip demo part 2 – Ernesto Cardenal]

  Communities, GDDF, Latinx, NHPRC-2, Outside Agitators, Skip Blumberg, THE 90's

  Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. More assorted footage shot by Skip Blumberg, followed by an interview with Ernesto Cardenal.

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  Image Union, episode 0218: Cost Of Cotton

  Image Union, International

  Image Union episode featuring “Cost of Cotton” by Luis Argueta and David Temple. Documentary about the negative impact of cotton farming in Guatemala. The main focus is on the use of dangerous pesticides, specifically DDT

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  Image Union, episode 0004: People And Their Music

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Image Union, Viewers Choice

  Compilation episode of Image Union called “People and Their Music,” featuring a documentary about fiddlers by Victoria Hamburg, Dana Hodgdon, and John Peaslee, “Celebrating Fifty Years of Tamburitza Music” by Mirko Popadic and Gordana Trbuhovich Grasa, “Chicago Blues” by Jim Passin and Nancy Grosse, “It Ain’t City Music” by Tom Davenport, a tribute to Chicago blues by Raul Zaritsky, Jim Morrissette, and Linda Williams, “Music from the Heart” by Victoria Spivey, and “The Luckies” by Fred Colon.

• Breaking Conventions

  Uncategorized

  A documentary focusing on the demonstrations surrounding the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, CA. Several segments covering demonstrations, both in support of and opposition to the Republican platform are covered with camcorders. Segments are separated by an intro from Pat Payne. Some demonstrations include: A Christian Coalition rally, a Union De Barrio (Hispanic rights group) rally, a biker rally in support of Bob Dole (1996 Republican Presidential Nominee), a Republicans for the Environment rally, a Republican for Choice march, and an anti-Pat Buchanan rally.

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  [Puerto Rican Nationalists and Messages of Solidarity]

  CLIR, Guerrilla Television, Latinx, Outside Agitators, Politics

  “A recording of an Assembly introducing Puerto Rican Nationalists and sharing messages of solidarity”