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![Passin’ It On: The Story of a Black Panther’s Search for Justice](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 269Format: DVDProducers: John ValadezCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Utilizing archival footage and personal accounts, PASSIN' IT ON offers insight into the politics which defined the generation that came of age during the Civil Rights movement. As many African-Americans - especially in urban centers like New York - sought rapid change in their communities, the Black Panthers emerged as a highly visible and often misunderstood symbol of this movement, and became targets for federal surveillance and police harassment. With testimonies from Dhoruba's attorneys, jurors at his trial, New York's then Deputy Police Commissioner, and Dhoruba himself, PASSIN' IT ON sheds light on the Panthers' real goals and addresses the much larger social issues which gave rise to the Panthers then, and which remain unsettled today.
As it examines broad themes of urban African-American life, PASSIN' IT ON tells Dhoruba's personal story. Following him from his South Bronx childhood through his activist days, prison experiences, and his current renewed involvement in the black community, the film provides a framework for recognizing his story as a caution against the excesses of state power. At a time when racial conflicts may once again build to a head, PASSIN' IT ON offers a view of where American society has been, and a glimpse at where it may be going.
![The Ohio 7 On Trial](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
The Ohio 7 On Trial is a series of interviews from prison with the political prisoners accused of membership in the United Freedom Front (UFF). The UFF was an armed clandestine guerilla organization active in the late 1970s and early 1980s against US imperialism and intervention in Central America, and South African apartheid. It includes interviews with Ray Luc Levasseur, Pat Gros-Levasseur, Barbara Curzi-Laaman, Jaan Lehman, Carol Manning, Thomas Manning, ans Richard Williams.
Poor quality dub.
![Frame Up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Year: 1974Call Number: V 779Format: DVDProducers: Pacific Street FilmsCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Documentary about Martin Sostre, a black Puerto Rican bookstore owner in Buffalo, N.Y., who was imprisoned in Attica State Prison for drug and assault charges. He claims he was framed and he appeals for a new trial based on new evidence presented by Arto Williams, a former witness, an appeal which is denied.
![Ghosts of Attica (Finecut)](images/fileicons/audio.png)
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.
![Ghosts of Attica](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
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.
![Behind Censorship Political Prisoners](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This documentary is about political prisoners who participated in the black liberation movement. This documentary contains interviews with Assata Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu Jamal. This documentary was created with the intent of spreading awareness for all political prisoners in the U.S.
![The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 7/27/1989Call Number: V 776Format: DVDProducers: Catherine Ryan, Gary WeimbergCollection: Videos – camera originals and reference materials
Traces the life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez/ Guillermo Morales, the son of FALN Prisoner of War Dylcia Pagan and exiled Puerto Rican independentista William Guillermo Morales. Guillermo’s early life with the Gomez Gomez family and the subsequent discovery of who his biological parents are and why they were in prison fighting for Puerto Rico’s independence lead him on a journey to reconnect with Dylcia while she was incarcerated in California. Dylcia recounts her history with the FALN, her charge of “seditious conspiracy,” and her life underground with Guillermo when he was a baby. Guillermo and Dylcia are interviewed extensively about the emotional ride that their reunion brings both of them.
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