Programs with the subject 'International Relations'

• Aggression & Self-Determination: Massacre in East Timor
  In 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor, using arms supplied by the United States.
• Breaking the Blockade
  Follow the November 1992 journey of the interfaith group Pastors for Peace and people from across the country who defied the U.S. embargo of Cuba with a "Friendshipment", bringing 15 tons of humanitarian aid to the hurting island nation.
• Bring the Troops Home!
  Bring the Troops Home! looks at grassroots organizing and resistance. Includes Jesus Papoletto Melendez, Puerto Rican poet; Grace Paley, author; Joseph Lowery, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and many war resisters.
• Dance of Death
  The American military in Iraq: lambs led to slaughter or centurions for the Empire? Either way, U.S. troops are locked in a deadly interaction with the people of Iraq. This program is also available with Spanish subtitles.
• Forging Ties for Peace
  The Dilemmas facing the Iraqi people due to the currently imposed sanctions.
• Gaza Crisis: Emergency Town Hall Meeting
  On January 13th, 2009, an emergency town hall meeting was convened at the New York City Society for Ethical Culture to discuss the tragedy unfolding in Gaza. Over 500 people packed the hall to listen, and plan actions to stop the attacks. Speakers: Andy Zee, Abdeen Jabara, Adam Shapiro, Chris Hedges, Peter Weiss, Vanessa Redgrave, Najla Said, Cynthia McKinny.
• Getting Out of the Sand Trap
  Looks at US foreign policy in a post-cold war world. Includes Daniel Ellsberg, David Morrison, Edward Said, Michael Ratner and Dessima Williams.
• Guantanamo, Int'l Law and the War on Terror
  Barbara Olshansky is an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights. This piece is drawn from her speech at the World Tribunal on Iraq, which took place from June 23-25, 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey. She covers the range of legal and political measures employed by the U.S. government in the "global war on terror" both within the United States and outside. Including a discussion of anti-immigrant measures, enemy combatant status, detentions around the world, and the treatment of detainees.
• Haiti: Misunderstood Neighbor
  This program examines Haiti's history, sense of cultural expression, the current political situation, and hopes for the future.
• Interview with Berta Rodriguez Santos
  Berta Rodriguez Santos discusses why it is important to have popular community radio in the Isthmus region of Mexico. This is a rough cut from one of the segments of a new Deep Dish series about community media around the world.This segment is part of our new series in production Waves of Change.
• It's a Riot
  On February 27, 1987, the Venezuelan government arbitrarily announced austerity measures to make the nation eligible for more loans from the International Monetary Fund. Venezuelans took to the streets in protests that grew into massive uprisings.
• Korea: Until Daybreak
  This tape features south Korea's decade-long street insurrections from the point of view of students, farmers and workers who have stood in the front line of the reunification movement, against economic exploitation and-militarism.
• Manufacturing the Enemy
  Gulf Crisis TV Project: made in collaboration with Paper Tiger. Manufacturing the Enemy includes interviews with Arab Americans victimized by violence and racism during and after the first Gulf War. Their experiences are compared with those of Japanese Americans during and after the Second World War.
• Nicaragua
  An analysis of mainstream media coverage of the recent national elections in Nicaragua.
• Off the Record
  Alternative coverage of the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Housing, racism and other issues that were being left out of the convention agenda.Demo with Safiya Bukari and Chicago housing activists,a Native Pipe Ceremony,demo by gays and lesbians for marriage rights, protest against repression of Jorge Guillen, Puerto Rican activist.
• Resistencia y Solidaridad
  Resistencia y Solidaridad examines the U.S. role in Latin America, and the work that solidarity activists in the United States have played in challenging their own government's agenda, frequently using video and film as a tool for galvanizing public opposition to U.S. policies. Part Four of DIY Media: Movement Perspectives on Critical Moments.
• Showdown in Seattle Part 1: Seattle Prelude
  Seattle heats up as thousands pour into the city for week-long rallies and demonstrations in protest of WTO.
• Showdown in Seattle Part 2: People Unite, Police Riot
  Protests are met by Seattle poice and barrage of chemical weapons and rubber bullets.
• Showdown in Seattle Part 3: Occupied Seattle
  Segment includes Steelworkers' rally which is met with Police teargas, as well as examinations of legal issues posed by Police abuse, indigenous issue with the WTO, and a critical look at how the media has covered the protests.
• Stirring Up the Myth of the Melting Pot
  Part 5 of the Spigot for Bigot series presents different perspectives on the notion that this is a multi-cultural and pluralistic society.
• Stirring Up the Myth of the Melting Pot
  Part 5 and 6 of the Spigot for Bigot series presents different perspectives on the notion that this is a multi-cultural and pluralistic society. segment of "Stirring up the Melting Pot" focuses on racism initated and fostered in the media.
• Suncookers
  Wood is the basic fuel for over 2.5 billion people in the world. Women in northeastern Kenya spend hours a day searching for wood resulting in deforestation, soil erosion and cooking smoke induced lung diseases. Margaret Owino has found a solution: solar cookers.
• Taiwan: Generation Under Martial Law
  This program illustrates how video activists have developed sophisticated use of small format video, with poetic and powerful imagery, complex mixes of sounds and scores and an effective editing style that belies the urgency under which it is being made. The video movement in Taiwan has made successful use of home cassette distribution, via both mail and street vendors. The Green Team collective has pioneered in this effort with over 100 titles in distribution, documenting the struggles of farmers, students, workers and environmentalists.
• The Philippines: a Legacy of Violence
  Underground video was an important tool during the Marcos era and contributed to the Aquino revolution.Curated by Nick DeoCampo with the Philippines Educational Theater Association PETAJ; Maritou Abaya 's Public Forum and the Sic O'Clock News; Mike DeLeon and others. (Philippines)
• War, Oil and Power
  Part 1 of the 10-Part "Gulf Crisis TV Project" Series. "War, Oil and Power" investigates the military and energy industries and explores the interlocking interests between the two. Features Alexandra Allen (Greenpeace), Joe Stork (Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch), Abbas Al-Nasravi (emeritus professor of economics at the University of Vermont), Dessima Williams (former Ambassador to Grenada), Catherine Tompa (Daughters of Mother Jones) and economist Jon Naar.
• Where Should The Birds Fly
  A powerful, moving preview of a film by Palestinian filmmaker Fida Qishta that tells the story of the human catastrophe inflicted on the people of Gaza by Israel during their invasion of December 2008 and 2009. The filmmakers kept their cameras rolling for months, recording the struggle of the people of Gaza to retrieve some sense of normalcy from the absolute abnormality of life in the world’s largest prison camp, sealed off on all sides by Israeli and Egyptian walls, barbed wire and military. Deep Dish TV is seeking financial support to complete the film. Tax-deductible donations can be made at: Deep Dish TV Donations
• Winter Soldier - Iraq and Afghanistan
  A remarkable one-hour DVD of selected testimony from the Winter Solder - Iraq and Afghanistan Eyewitness Testimonies held in March 2008.
• World Tribunal On Iraq - The Final Session
  The WTI sessions were held in 16 countries around the world. Deep Dish TV traveled to Istanbul, Turkey in June 2005 to broadcast the final session live to the world. The resulting two one-hour programs form a beautifully edited account of the Tribunal held in the ancient Topkapi Palace of the Ottoman Empire to judge the war crimes of the U.S. Empire. This three-disc set also includes the New York session, and interviews of tribunal participants by David Barsamian.