2 Spirits: Native Lesbians and Gay Men

2-Spirited people (Native lesbians and Gay men) from the Bay Area share their experience of overlapping gender, ethnic and cultural identities as they explore and define their visions of utopia.

A Conversation: Howard Zinn and Woody Harrelson

Famed people's historian Howard Zinn died at the end of January 2010. A rigorous scholar, tireless advocate for economic and social justice, and a man of great good humor and generosity, he will be greatly missed. This delightful and engaging conversation with actor Woody Harrelson reveals Howard's rigorous scholarship and profound, gentle wisdom.

Community Visions

Part 1: Peace At Home - Getting a Protection Order.

The first half-hour "From Victim to Survivor” depicts with sensitivity the ability of survivors of sexual violence to heal. The second half-hour, "Peace at Home”, offers insights into the experiences of survivors of domestic violence and examples of how women can defend themselves.

Fallujah

We had to destroy the city in order to save it

In November 2004 the United States aerial and artillery bombing destroyed Fallujah, the Iraqi City of Mosques. In 1968 the U.S. destroyed the Vietnamese city of Ben Tre. A U.S. major told CNN reporter Peter Arnett: "It became necessary to destroy the city in order to save it."

Kids Playback

TV Made By Children

Can making a little of their own media be a homeopathic remedy against the massive doses of corporate culture kids consume daily? Teachers and facilitators worked with children to produce television from a kids point of view.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Gregory Wilpert

Gregory Wilpert, professor, author, and activist, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Michael Klare

Michael Klare speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

Left Forum 2012: Global Insurgencies Amidst the End of Empire with Neil Smith

Neil Smith, CUNY Ph.D professor, speaks at a Left Forum 2012 session on how the Arab Spring, protests against austerity in Europe, and the global Occupy movements have challenged U.S. and European hegemony.

Lock Down USA

The Structure of the Prison Crisis

The U.S. has the highest penal incarceration rate in the world. 1.7 million prisoners when this video was made in 1996. The number now exceeds 2 million. The number of prisoners has doubled every 7 years. 200 new prison cells are built every single day. What is going on?

Occupy Wall Street - The Movement Grows!

Grit TV's Laura Flanders Live Broadcast on FSTV

Since Saturday, September 17, 2011, thousands have been gathering at Zucotti Park in downtown New York City, in the eye of the storm of capitalism, to protest the erosion of economic justice, social equality and democracy itself over the past 40 years, during which the living standards of 99% of Americans has declined, while the richest 1% have reaped the benefits. But this isn't your average U.S. protest - inspired by the Arab Spring and protests in Greece, Spain and elsehwere in Europe, OWS is dynamic yet leaderless, organized yet broad-based. The media, the general public and the very politicians are looking to established media narratives to make sense of this movement, but they will not find any help there. One thing is clear: it is time to end our deference to corporate, monied power, and time to hold the banksters accountable for the financial crimes committed against the people of the United States. And, most importantly, it is time to find an alternative to the currently-deteriorating system of capitalism. As economist Richard Wolff emplored a gathering of listeners on an early October evening, "You can do better than capitalism!"

People and the Land

Farming and Agri*Culture

This video focuses on the environmental destruction that has occurred due to the farm crisis.

Puro Party: Celebrating a Genocide

Every year San Antonio, TX, stages "Fiesta," a 10 day celebration to honor Texas' defeat of Mexico in the battle of San Jacinto --the Alamo, remember?

Racism on Main Street

A Look Around Your Corner

A hard look at racism and police brutality, surveying several U.S. cities and citing specific case studies.

Resistencia y Solidaridad

El Salvador, Colombia, and the U.S. Solidarity Movement

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.

Teaching TV

Video Production In The Schools

Teaching TV is a compilation of youth produced work from over 20 different projects from around the country.

The Empire Strikes Out!

Part 3

Part 3 of the Spigot for Bigot series, The Empire Strikes Out!, focuses on the white hate organizations themselves, their history, their tactics and their ideology.

The Empire Strikes Out!

Part 4

Part 4 of the Spigot for Bigot series, the second half of The Empire Strikes Out!, further explores white hate organizations.

The Killing State

The list of African-American leaders killed, jailed and silenced by the state and their agents is long. Mumia Abu Jamal, a voice of the voiceless, has been on Death Row since 1986.

The Last Graduation

The Rise and Fall of College Programs in Prison.

You will not be able to remain neutral about the issue of higher education in prison after viewing this powerful and moving documentary.

The Last Televangelist: Defending the magic and mystery of Coney Island.

Reverend Billy and Queen Mermaid Savitri D defend Coney Island.

The New Resistance

Southwestern Communities of Color Struggling for Environmental and Economic Justice

500 years after Columbus, the multicultural communities of this nation's Southwest region are joining forces in the perpetual struggles against social, economic, environmental and cultural injustices.

This Land Is Our Land

The Farm Crisis in America

This piece shows the American farm crisis; the struggle of farm famillies to maintain thier way of life, and the pressure placed on farmers by corporate agribusiness.

Una Historia/A History

A bilingual board game where La Pinta, La Nina and Santa Maria take turns in the construction of Western history.

USA INCarcerated

Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex - Part 2

One of two videos documenting the 1998 Critical Resistance Conference in Berkeley, California. Includes presentations by Angela Davis, Ramona Africa, Bruce Franklin, Christian Parenti, Mike Davis, Joyce Miller, and music by Michael Franti, Ani de Franco and John Trudell.

USA On Trial: Indicting 500 Years of Oppression

Native Americans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans and Chicanos submit evidence to a distinguished jury of international representatives, indicting the U.S. on charges of genocide, imperialism and racism.

Visions of Freedom

Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex- Part I

Emotionally powerful performances as artists join with Critical Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex.Filmed at the first Critical Resistance conference in 1998.

Voices of a People's History of the United States

Readings of Howard Zinn

Author Howard Zinn is honored at the NY Society for Ethical Culture, where actors, activists and authors read excerpts from book with Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People's History of the United States.

Work and Opportunity

Is decent house a right? Mexican and Puerto Rican laborers testify to the sub-human housing in this "the greatest of all democracies."

Working Pictures

Labor in the Eighties

This video explores the difficulties faced by the American labor movement, as corporate globalization takes hold.