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We Are the Palestinian People (Newsreel #65) (1973)

Filmed in Palestine by Newsreel, WE ARE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE shows the refugee camps of the Middle East, the rise of the Palestinian Liberation Movement and Israel's relation ship to the Western imperialism. There is footage of the guerrillas in training ...

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The Woman's Film (1971)

Produced collectively by women, this documentary is a valuable historical document of the origins of the modern women's movement in the United States. The film delves into the lives of ordinary women from different races, educational levels and social clas ...

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Break and Enter (Newsreel #62) (1971)

Break and Enter documents Operation Move In and the New York squatter's movement in the 1970s. In 1970, several hundred Puerto Rican and Dominican families reclaimed housing left vacant by the city. They pulled the boards off the doors, cleaned and repaire ...

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Lincoln Hospital (Newsreel #35) (1970)

When a city-run health clinic in the South Bronx fails to meet the needs of the city, local residents and health workers force a strike and then run the clinic themselves. ...

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America (Newsreel) (1969)

Against the background of the escalation of the war in Vietnam, AMERICA documents the development of the anti-war movement on the home front. Conversations with Vietnam veterans, young teenagers, and African American militants contextualizes footage that g ...

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People's Park (Newsreel #33) (1969)

In the late 1960s the University of California at Berkeley began buying up and destroying a nearby area populated by hippies, the poor, and other members of the "counter culture". In retaliation, the community laid claim to a barren block being used as a p ...

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She Is Beautiful When She's Angry (Newsreel #48) (1969)

This film documents a play given at the March 28th, 1969 abortion rally by some very angry women. A beauty contestant is primed by her mother, her teacher, her boyfriend, an ad man, and a capitalist for the roles she must fulfill to be a successful winner. ...

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Army (Newsreel #36) (1969)

Shot in 1969, this film documents the building anger of draftees in the U.S.military, and the growth of the anti-war movement within the military. Soldiers are interviewed and seen as they face brutalizing treatment and indoctrination in bootcamp, military ...

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High School Rising (Newsreel #38) (1969)

An analysis of how the schools by using the tracking system, exploit and oppress people in terms of class origins and how students can begin to organize. ...

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Wreck of the New York Subways (Newsreel #47) (1969)

During the winter of 1969, the New York Transit Authority increased the public transportation fee fare from 20 cents to 30 cents--a 50% increase. Infuriated riders scrambled under turnstiles and through exit doors, refusing to pay the fare. In THE WRECK OF ...

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Community Control (Newsreel #24) (1969)

This film documents one of the most important struggles for education in the sixties. In 1968, under intensive community pressure from Black and Latino communities, the State of New York chose three New York City school districts to become part of an exper ...

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The Columbia Revolt (Newsreel #14) (1968)

In April 1968, black and white students rebelled against the university administration, occupying five buildings, including the president's office in one of the first campus revolts of the Civil Rights/Vietnam War era. The revolt began as a protest against ...

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The Case Against Lincoln Center (Newsreel #16) (1968)

"More than 20,000 Latino families were displaced to make way for Lincoln Center, home to the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Symphony. This film examines the patrons of art complex (corporations and wealthy families) and the culture displayed there. ...

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Jeannette Rankin Brigade (1968)

In January 1968, 10,000 women led a peaceful, march on Washington in protest against the Vietnam War. This film documents the march and raises questions about the forms of protest engaged by women and the role of women in the anti-war. Jeannette Rankin Bri ...

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I.S. 201 and Report from Newark (Newsreel #10) (1968)

Nine months after the riot. Malcolm X Memorial Services held at I.S. 201 in New York, March 1968, and scenes from Newark, March 1968. ...

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Resist with Noam Chomsky (Newsreel #1) (1968)

This short film offers a rare look at Noam Chomsky in the late 1960s as he speaks candidly about the war in Vietnam and articulates critiques that have an eerie resonance in the present day. Includes a draft-refusal demonstration, and material about the in ...

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Pig Power (Newsreel #23) (1968)

As students take to the streets in New York and Berkeley, the state violence that follows illustrates Chicago Mayor Daley's thesis that the police are there "to preserve disorder". ...

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Mill-In (Newsreel #6) (1968)

In order to raise the consciousness of New Yorkers, anti-war demonstrators took to the streets on fashionable Fifth Avenue on Christmas eve. To the dismay of the shoppers, their action snarled traffic and stunted holiday consumption. ...

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Up Against the Wall, Ms. America (Newsreel #22) (1968)

"Here she comes…" At the 1968 Miss America pageant, demonstrators introduced a sheep as the appropriate winner. This entertaining short film shows how Women's Liberation activists used guerrilla theater to raise awareness of what Miss America really repr ...

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Boston Draft Resistance Group (Newsreel #7) (1968)

A profile of a grassroots anti-war group in Boston, this short film documents some of the tactics and activities used by draft resistance groups across the country during the Vietnam War. Using the law to keep young men out of the war, this group helped ov ...

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Jeannette Rankin Brigade (Newsreel #4) (1968)

In January 1968, 10,000 women led a peaceful march on Washington in protest against the Vietnam War. This film documents the march and raises questions about the forms of protest engaged by women and the role of women in the anti-war. Jeannette Rankin Brig ...

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Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5) (1968)

During a prolonged garbage collector's strike in New York City, a group of youths from the Lower East Side of Manhattan decide to use the situation to make a political statement. They collect garbage from the streets of their community and deposit piles of ...

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Resist and the New England Resistance (Newsreel #8) (1968)

This film gives a general outline of the kinds of work being done in The Boston-Cambridge area by National Resist and the New England Resistance. ...

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Riot-Control Weapons (Newsreel #9) (1968)

A visual presentation of some of the weapons that the police were using in uprisings around the country in the late 60s. ...

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6th Street Meat Club (Newsreel #11) (1968)

Formed on the Lower East Side of New York to side step high prices, poor quality, and weight cheating of local supermarkets. ...

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Chicago (Newsreel #12) (1968)

As leaders of the Movement met in the relative calm of a Chicago suburb in March to plan the strategy for the summer, the empty streets of the city are waiting, and ominous. An inside look at some of the planning that led to the 1968 Convention challenge. ...

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Herman B. Ferguson, Candidate for U.S. Senate (Newsreel #15) (1968)

A film about Herman Ferguson, a candidate for the U.S. Senate on the Freedom and Peace ticket in the 1968 election. ...

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Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18) (1968)

Filmed in Baltimore during the support demonstrations for the nine catholics who were on trial for napalming the 1-A Draft files in Catonsville, Maryland. The film examines some relationships between radical catholicism and the Movement. ...

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Berkeley Rebellion (Newsreel #20) (1968)

Newsreel's short film shows two days of demonstrations in Berkeley over the issue of "the streets belong to the people" and the decision of the City Council to close off Telegraph Avenue for the 4th of July, 1968. This film features scenes of members of th ...

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Four Americans (Newsreel #3) (1967)

An extended interview with the four American sailors who deserted in protest against the war in Vietnam in 1967. Filmed in Japan, the interviews reveal much about how they reached their decision to desert. ...

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