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Programs in this series

  • 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.
  • Aggression & Self-Determination: Massacre in East Timor
    In 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor, using arms supplied by the United States.
  • Caribbean Voices
    A 2-part program focusing on the perspectives and experiences of people of African descent and Latinos, from the Caribbean and Central America.
  • Hands on the Verdict: The 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
    This compilation looks at the South Central L.A. community since Watts, the persistence of police brutality, the meanings of "riot," and the aftermath of the rebellion.
  • Land and American Indians
    This program recounts the history of American Indian responses and struggles against European philosophical and legal justifications for taking possession of Indian lands.
  • No Hay Paz (There is No Peace)
    A portrait of Salvadoran refugees living in the U.S.
  • Political Nineties Too. A Spanish Point of View
    This 2-part program, produced by a Spanish video activist collective, gives us the views of progressive and radical Spanish thinkers.
  • Protest + Education Can Equal Change
    A compilation-style exploration of strategies for social change, focusing on protest demonstrations and other efforts to educate communities about the culture, problems and future of indigenous people.
  • 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?
  • Rebuilding Our Communities: A Vision for the Future
    Six indigenous leaders from Central and South America discuss the 500 Years Campaign, which began as indigenous people's response to the Quincentenary celebration and has developed as an ongoing dialogue among indigenous activists.
  • Resistencia Latinoamericana
    A comprehensive critical analysis and re-evaluation of Latin American history by Latin Americans.
  • The Nation Erupts
    The Los Angeles rebellion produced aftershocks felt across the country. This program gives voice to the disenfranchised nationwide and presents the efforts of some community groups to organize viable coalitions against the grain of deepening divisions.
  • The New Resistance
    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.
  • 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 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.
  • Video Dialtone: Malling Our Free Speech
    Picture a television future where hundreds of channels come into your home through a single telephone line. Find out what's being planned for your communications future, and what you can do about it.
  • Women of the First Nations
    This program celebrates the new generation of Native women active in film and video who are reclaiming the image, ability and power of Native women to define their own identities in the world.
  • Word! Your Voice is a Drum
    The National Federation of Local Cable Programmers' July 1992 convention focusing on oral traditions throughout history.
  • World AIDS Day: We Interrupt This Program...
    Combining confrontation, commentary, and personal narration in a call for AIDS action and awareness, We Interrupt This Program... creates a national forum that is both essential AIDS information and challenging art.
  • Youth Speak
    This program addresses young people's perspectives on the widespread dissemination of false histories and the consequences of oppression and racism.

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Blogs

  • Uprooted - A Grassroots Examination of the Politics of Migration
    Uprooted is multiplatform (web, tv, dvd) media tool for activists and organizers advocating for migrant rights. It highlights the social, political and economic policies that drive migration. It encourages and enables migrant communities and their allies to document and distribute their narratives.
  • Waves of Change
    Waves of Change: The Many Voices of the Global Village is a multimedia project designed to survey community media around the world by compiling and archiving the creative use of participatory communication globally.

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Aggression & Self-Determination: Massacre in East Timor

ProductionYear: 1992
Runtime: 28:00
Producers: The East Timor Action Network
Series: Rock the Boat
Subject: Peace Studies, Post-Colonialism, South Asia/India, International Relations
Catalogue Number: 03416
In 1975, Indonesia invaded East Timor, using arms supplied by the United States. Nearly one-third of the Timorese population has since died. This activist document offers eyewitness accounts and analysis of how to end the occupation.
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