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Message to the Grassroots: Henry Peco Justice Committee Part 1 of 2
An episode of Message to the Grassroots, a cable access talk show produced & hosted by by Michael Zinzun from 1988-1998 at Pasadena Community Access Corporation, which is now Pasadena Media.
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Message to the Grassroots: Money for Jobs, Education, Human Needs: Not for War in the Middle East!
An episode of Message to the Grassroots, a cable access talk show produced & hosted by Michael Zinzun form 1988-1998 at Pasadena Community Access Corporation, which is now Pasadena Media.
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Mike Wallace (1918-2012) on interviewing the Ayatollah
We wanted to honor the life and career of journalist Myron “Mike” Wallace (1918-2012). Two tapes in our archive feature Wallace telling the story of one of the defining moments of his career: his interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iran hostage crisis. One of the tapes is a 1985 program by camcorder pioneer and video artist Skip Blumberg called “Interviews with Interviewers… About Interviewing” (also featuring interviews with Susan Stamberg, Studs Terkel, and Barbara Walters). The other is […]
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War Goes Prime Time #1
A compilation of various news broadcasts from the night of January 16, 1991, the night the U.S. launched “Operation Desert Storm” against Iraq. Footage includes President George H.W. Bush’s address to the nation. Also, each network has several correspondents reporting from various U.S. and Middle Eastern Locations, including Baghdad. Most of this footage, although repetitive, is quite compelling. There are, however, some moments of complete absurdity when the reporters have nothing new to report.
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Image Union, episode 0629: West Bank
An episode of the independent film and video showcase, Image Union, featuring “West Bank: Whose Promised Land?” by Esti Galili Marpet. A documentary about struggle between Israelis and Arabs in the Israeli occupied West Bank, a strip of land that has been a longtime subject of violent dispute. Includes interviews with several Israeli soldiers and settlers, several Palestinians, and several peace activists.
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Beating Time: Tel Aviv ’90-’91
Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Interviews with several different residents of Tel-Aviv from 1990 to 1991. The lives of poor Arab workers are contrasted to the upper class of the city, who live a very European lifestyle.