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Films from Newsreel--Part Two
Series: 1968: An International Perspective [April 29-May 14]
Country: USA, Runtime: 95

“You can’t discuss the raised-fist cinema of ’68 without mentioning the Newsreel collectives.” - Melissa Anderson, Time Out New York

The Newsreel collectives were composed of filmmakers and photographers who sought to provide images of protests and efforts at social justice different from those found in the mainstream media. This program will be introduced by Roz Payne, a founder of Newsreel and longtime political activist.

In the spring of 1969, the Berkeley street community initiated a project to transform a barren university-owned lot into a park for the whole community to enjoy. People’s Park (1969) documents the escalating confrontation between the community, the university and the National Guard over the rights to the space.

Summer ’68 (1968) defines the nature of commitment to “The Movement” by focusing on the organizers of events across the U.S.––draft resistance in Boston; a Boston organizer’s trip to North Vietnam; a G.I. coffeehouse in Texas; Newsreel’s takeover of Channel 13 in New York; and Chicago during the Democratic Convention.

1968 marked the definitive emergence of the New Left, establishing a place in politics for everything from gay rights to the green movement. The Earth Belongs to the People (1971) touches on issues of population growth, equitable distribution of natural resources and pollution.





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