Media Activism Videos

CNN Host Lou Dobbs falsely suggested that the Employee Free Choice Act would eliminate union 'secret ballot' elections on his February 4 show.Take Action at http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3716

SIXTY CAMERAS AGAINST THE WAR, a 27-minute film that uses simultaneous images to chronicle the powerful antiwar rally on Feb. 15, 2003 in New York City, premiered during the 2004 Republican National Convention in two film series: the Imagine Festival and the Whitney Museum s War! Protest in America 1965 - 2004. The Imagine Festival version debuted Sunday, Aug. 29th at 9pm at the Pioneer Theater (155 East 3rd St. Box Office: 212-254-3300).A longer version of 60 CAMERAS ran as a work-in-progress for two hours every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during the Whitney film series, co-curated by Chrissie Iles and artist Sam Durant, from Aug, 25 - Oct. 24 2004. This process culminated in a final 2-hour version screening the weekend of Oct. 24th.Award-winning filmmaker Julie Talen (PRETEND, 2003) initially asked people she encountered with cameras during the rally itself, organized by United for Peace and Justice, in which NYC joined the world s largest global peace protest, some 15 million people, against the impending war in Iraq. After the event, footage was found through alternative media collectives Indymedia, Paper Tiger TV and Free Speech TV, and groups like New Yorkers Say No To War and the New York Civil Liberties Union.Cut together in grids of two, three, five and as many as twenty squares in a technique Talen calls multichannel narrative, the piece contrasts the peaceful, if chilly, crowds on First Avenue and 51st St., enjoying speakers like Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Bishop Tutu, with the frustration of thousands trapped on Second and Third by barricaded cross streets guarded by cops. By 12:30, the NYPD was using mounted police to push crowds west and north away from the rally, where protestors stood in pens that still had room. Ultimately, the multiple cameras capture protestors shoved onto sidewalks, ridden into by horses, doused with pepper spray and arrested as the NYPD methodically cleaved the protest in two, block by block, in clear violation of the Constitutional right to peaceably assemble. Thousands simply rallied where they were, filling Second and Third with chanting, beating drums, even dancing, and shutting down the East Side of Manhattan for much of that day. On two cross streets, determined antiwar protestors broke through the barricades after hours of waiting.

"Ralph Nader and Patti Smith: Awake From Your Slumber" "Awake From Your Slumber" brings together two visionaries: citizen-activist Ralph Nader and punk poet Patti Smith, in a powerful dialogue of war and peace. Touring together as the Democracy Rising Peace Tour, Ralph and Patti make the case against the Iraq war and the corporate takeover of our democracy. Produced by the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center, Awake mixes image, music and spoken word to strip away the facade of political lies and reveal the annihilation of civilization, war profiteering, the unseen dead, and the unheard cries of motherhood. Awake From Your Slumber is history lesson, poetry reading and rock concert. Above all, it is an inspiring, mesmerizing, and deeply moving call to action, showing the power of the people to make change. Special features include three additional songs by Patti Smith, an interview with Ralph Nader by Amy Goodman, and additional information about Ralph, Patti, Democracy Rising and the Hudson-Mohawk Indy Media Center. 2008.

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Take a look at this new video from avaaz.org. My friend jip wrote, "So important to reject this concept of a constant, ahistorical culture clash. The video lays out the lie of inescapable difference between 'East' and 'West' very well."

Discussion panel with Jay Golden of Free Range Graphics, Karl Carter of Current TV and Cynthia Elario of Ironweed Films and Natalie Silverstein of Act Now Productions at the SF Green Festival. Question: "What do you think it takes for people to go from experiencing media to making a change in their lives?"