Free Trade

A National Disaster

Apparel industry imports have had a devastating effect on US communities. Free Trade" explores the destructive economic realities of domestic plant closures, not just on the thousands of unemployed workers and their families, but on the entire community they support.

Let Nicaragua Speak!

In the midst of the US aggression against Nicaragua, Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega speaks live to public access stations and solidarity groups throughout the United States.

Suncookers

A Solution Rises Every Morning

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.

Iraqi Women Speak Out

In March 2006, Code Pink invited eight Iraqi women to the U.S. to speak about their experiences under U.S. invasion and occupation. Two of the women had their entire families killed by U.S. troops. These two women were denied visas on the grounds they did not have sufficient family to guarantee they would return to Iraq.

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."

Bush Crimes Commission

2 Disc Set

Bush Crimes Commission

Bush Crimes Summary

Bush Crimes Half Hour

Labor on the Edge

Borders, Broken Dreams, and Bold Alliances

Coming October 2008
The second installment in the new archival series from Deep Dish, DIY Media: Movement Perspectives on Critical Moments, Series, Labor on the Borders is a re-examination of both the difficulties and changes faced by the labor movement during the Reagan/Bush era, and the opportunities that this period presented. The 1980's was a period that saw a programmatic and rhetorical assault on the once- thriving labor movement in the United States. It was also a period during which the complex impact of immigration on the labor movement was first becoming felt, as was the impact of the spreading maquiladoras south of the border. Interestingly, these pressures helped to forge new alliances between groups that once saw themselves as enemies: Environmentalists and Labor Organizers. This fascinating compilation of material from the Deep Dish TV archive, combined with commentary from filmmakers and labor organizers, helps draw the connections between these phenomena.

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Archeology Interviews from Vienna Conference 2004.

Beyond Convention: DNC '08

Speaking Truth To Power

Watch Scenes of Police attacks with tear gas and pepper spray and the arrest of 100 peaceful protesters, in clear violation of their constitutional rights. Their voice was loud and clear: Change will only come from the bottom up, not from the top down!

Gaza Crisis: Emergency Town Hall Meeting

An Evening of Analysis and Outrage

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.

Imperial Geography - Palestine/Israel

Why the Hot Spots are Hot

A look at the maps of Palestine over the decades provides insight into the conflict that has roiled the Middle East for more than sixty years. "Imperial Geography - Palestine and Israel" examines the role of the imperial powers, the European and American map makers, who set up the horrors that have unfolded in the anything but holly "Holy Land."

Iraqi Refugees - Ikhlass Story

The interview focuses on one Iraqi survivor and her two young daughters. Ihklass recounts the tragic story that detrmined her fate as a refugee, and she speaks out against American occupiers who destroyed her world. This surviving small family continues to seek resettlement in a third country. Please make donations for this project to: IRAQI STUDENT PROJECT and COLLATERAL REPAIR PROJECT

Peace Hub Fundraising drive

Donations as of 7/22/09

Conversations in Tehran

A film by Persheng Vaziri Will the United States attack Iran? This film explores the views of diverse Iranians in Tehran.

Expression = Life SPECIAL OFFER

ACT UP, Video and the AIDS Crisis

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 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 one of the series, DIY Media: Movement Perspectives on Critical Moments.

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.

Reconstruction: Art from Inside

Doing Time Inside the Prison Complex

Week Six, Hour 1 The Stall: A former Young Lords Member presents an inside look at prison Pano Arte: Images from Inside - the art of handkerchief painting from California's Chicano prisoners Growing Season: Prisoners create an organic garden in a unique rehab program Week Six, Hour 2 Continued" Growing Season: Prisoners create gardens in a unique rehab program Reconstruction: a Pennsylvania program that helps prisoners make the transition back to their communities

Middle East Collection - December Special

8 Titles - 14 DVDs - $75
The most comprehensive and significant collection

Shocking and Awful – A Grassroots response to War and Occupation. Fallujah Iraqi Women Speak Out The World Tribunal on Iraq Nothing Is Safe – Israel’s War on Lebanon Transforming Israel Into a Single, Secular Democratic State with Equal Rights for All Its People Gaza: A Call to Act Imperial Geography – Israel and Palestine

Winter Soldier - Iraq and Afghanistan

Eyewitness Testimonies

A remarkable one-hour DVD of selected testimony from the Winter Solder - Iraq and Afghanistan Eyewitness Testimonies held in March 2008.

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.

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

An interview with Laura Flanders

But what can the past teach us about the current historical moment?

Howard Zinn: What Is Communism

Howard Zinn skewers anti-communism at a Harvard University conference, 1989

Haiti's Piggy Bank

The Story of the Loss and Recovery of the Creole Pig

In the wake of Haiti's catastrophic January 2010 earthquake and the "military occupation first" response of the U.S. government it is instructive to watch this 1985 documentary that recounts the efforts of Haitians to recover from the U.S. eradication of the Creole pig, the sustaining asset of the peasants. Includes narration by Edwidge Danticat, author of Farming the Bones We are presenting this film to benefit Haitian relief. Please send donations through Grassroots International

Haitian Pilgrimage

This film addresses Western misconceptions of Vodun, the ancestral religion of the Haitian people, by exploring the link between imperialism and the demonization of Vodun. Following the Haitian-American Fleurant family on their pilgrimage to Sodo, this film documents one family's quest to better understand the roots of Haitian culture.

Black Dawn

An animated history of the 1804 Haitian Revolution. The DVD has four language tracks.(English, Spanish, French, Creole).

Where Should The Birds Fly

Gaza 2008-2009

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 distribute the film and show it in communities. Tax-deductible donations can be made at: Deep Dish TV Donations