Deep Dish TV is proud to announce the completion and release of its landmark, four-part series,
DIY Media: Movement Perspectives on Critical Moments. Eighteen months in the making, this DVD series depicts the history of recent social movements in the United States from the perspective of participants in those movements; a history recounted through the words of activists that have sought equal rights for gays and lesbians, waged campaigns for environmental justice; struggled to curb corporate power, and fought against unjust, destructive U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. The mainstream media curates a history for us that is frequently out of synch with the experience of history’s actors. This series strives to amend that record and include a “people’s history” as an integral part of the story.
"A vital document for those who wish to understand and share a history
other than what mainstream media presents to us. These videos are
people speaking for themselves, a history not just about social
struggle, but of social struggle, by those engaged in those struggles.”
-Amy Goodman, Host, Democracy Now!
This series is a resource that no Library, College or University should be without. The materials on it are applicable across a wide range of disciplines, such as Urban Studies, History, Sociology, LGBTQ Studies, Gender Studies, Political Science, Environmental Studies, and Latin American Studies. Read below for a short description of each of the four parts, go to the
Deep Dish website for more information and to watch clips online.
The perspectives represented on these DVDs are too often silenced and lost. Help to ensure that current and future generations have access to this unique, insight-providing material by encouraging your community center, educational institution, or public library to order one or all of these remarkable DVD sets.
Part One- EXPRESSION = LIFE: ACT UP, Video and the AIDS Crisis
gathers four programs from the Deep Dish archive that were made during the peak years of activity for ACT UP NYC, and, in addition, offers a one hour compilation of selects from these and other, additional programs. A panel discussion about this work, and the current state of the gay liberation struggle, was videotaped at New York University in April, 2008. An edited version of this discussion is also included on this compelling, and historic collection.
Part Two: ACCESS TO OXYGEN: Environmental Justice Hits the Small Screen This DVD explores the root causes, initial efforts, and growth of the Environmental Justice Movement in New York City, the United States, and internationally. How do cities deal with the waste they produce?
How and where do they generate the power they need? How do you put a value on access to clean air? Includes video produced in collaboration with early Environmental Justice activists. Panel includes original program producers, longtime organizers, and theorists
Part Three: MANY YESES, ONE NO: Confronting Corporate Globalization This DVD provides a remarkable look back at the Global Justice Movement. As the critiques of "free trade" were just being formulated, alternative media producers were there to expose the brutal realities that were result of corporate globalization. This DVD collects material that spans from 1988 to 2002 and provides real insight into the development
of this important recent social movement, and the role that independent media played in that movement. Panel includes key organizers from the WTO shutdown in 1999 as well as filmmakers and historical theorists.