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William Kuntsler Book Tour
Year: 1994Call Number: V 857Format: VHSCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
William Kunstler speaking in 1994 on book tour after publication of his autobiography (My Life as a Radical Lawyer, 1994). He summarizes background on how book evolved and comments on a number of his clients and cases, including: an appeal in the Jack Ruby case, the Chicago conspiracy trial (amusing story about cannabis package in the courtroom), the chaining and gagging of Bobby Seale, the Ohio 7, Leonard Peltier/Wounded Knee, the Birmingham 6 civil rights/freedom riders cases, and others. Kunstler also has a book of poetry coming next month—Allen Ginsberg says the poetry is not too good but he likes it. Comments on the OJ Simpson case (not yet decided at this time) and the racial polarization it represents. Talks about his friendship with Marlon Brando. Also Kunstler mentions his own acting roles, as in Law and Order and several films. He takes questions. What does he hope is the legacy? Hopes that young lawyers will decide that their real job is to represent people who are not going to take things lying down. Of his own life, he says he was always anti-establishment, “a terrible kid”…
father said he’d end up in prison. Discusses the idealism of the “1960s.” Also speaks about Kent State and Vietnam. Says that there is no single social advancement that has not come from mass upsurge. Says, “la luta continua”—in every country. Says that activists should avoid
“rhetoric” to better communicate with masses of people. Also intersperses comments on the positive attributes of the 1960s/70s “counterculture,” and how he attended Woodstock with Abbie Hoffman and went back with Richie Havens for the 15th anniversary.
A Memorial for Attorney William Kunstler
Date: 4/26/1992Call Number: V 155Format: VHSProducers: WBAI New YorkCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Attorney William Kunstler speaks to the Palestine Solidarity Rally at John Jay High School, April 26, 1992.
Ghosts of Attica
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 035Format: VHSProducers: David Van Taylor, Brad Lichtenstein, Lumier ProductionsCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Only last year, inmates wrested an historic $12-million settlement from the state, and that bittersweet victory spurred a new round of agitation by guards and their survivors.
This stirring documentary features extensive interviews with Attica survivors, including former inmate Frank "Big Black" Smith.
Also interviewed is Mike Smith, who was a guard who was taken hostage and subsequently wounded by police fire.
Elizabeth Fink, the attorney who headed the inmates' decades-long legal battles against New York State, is also interviewed. Other interviews include those with New York Times columnist Tom Wicker, Congressman Herman Badillo, Assemblyman Arthur Eve, and civil rights lawyer William Kunstler.
GHOSTS OF ATTICA offers the definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its suppression, and the days of torture that ensued. Using exclusive, newly uncovered video of the assault, interviews with eyewitnesses who've never spoken before on-camera, and footage of inmates and hostages throughout their battles against the state, this film unravels one of America's deepest cover-ups, and shows how the legendary prison riot transformed the lives of its survivors.
Ghosts of Attica (Finecut)
Date: 1/1/2001Call Number: V 034Format: VHSProducers: David Van Taylor, Brad Lichtenstein, Lumier ProductionsCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
GHOSTS OF ATTICA offers the definitive account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its suppression, and the days of torture that ensued. Using exclusive, newly uncovered video of the assault, interviews with eyewitnesses who've never spoken before on-camera, and footage of inmates and hostages throughout their battles against the state, this film unravels one of America's deepest cover-ups, and shows how the legendary prison riot transformed the lives of its survivors. This stirring documentary features extensive interviews with Attica survivors, including former inmate Frank "Big Black" Smith, Mike Smith, who was a guard who was taken hostage and subsequently wounded by police fire, and Elizabeth Fink, the attorney who headed the inmates' decades-long legal battles against New York State. Other interviews include those with New York Times columnist Tom Wicker, Congressman Herman Badillo, Assemblyman Arthur Eve, and civil rights lawyer William Kunstler.
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