California Newsreel Movies

  • 2004
    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

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    Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Ameri...

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
  • 1986
    Ethnic Notions

    Ethnic Notions

    Ethnic Notions

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    This documentary traces the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice.

    Ethnic Notions
  • 1996
    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

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    A documentary following the life of Olaudah Equiano, based on his autobiography "The Interesting Narration of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus...

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
  • 1978
    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

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    This documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots, also examining its close ties with the civil rights mov...

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
  • 1984
    The Business of America

    The Business of America

    The Business of America

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    An exploration of supply side economics and the trickle down myth as exemplified by Pittsburgh's declining steel industry.

    The Business of America
  • 1988
    Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

    Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

    Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

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    This film traces the dramatic rise and fall of workplace cooperation at Eastern Airlines. In so doing, the film uncovers the deep-seated assumptions w...

    Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
  • 1969
    San Francisco State: On Strike

    San Francisco State: On Strike

    San Francisco State: On Strike

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    A need for national ethnic studies in colleges and social justice led to strikes at San Francisco State University.

    San Francisco State: On Strike
  • 1978
    Controlling Interest

    Controlling Interest

    Controlling Interest

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    The first account on film of the growth of multinational corporations, their impact on people at home and abroad, and their influence on U.S. foreign...

    Controlling Interest
  • 1980
    Generations of Resistance

    Generations of Resistance

    Generations of Resistance

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    Uses archival photographs, newsreel footage, and interviews to chronicle the quest by Black South Africans for economic viability and individual freed...

    Generations of Resistance
  • 2006
    Liberia: A Fragile Peace

    Liberia: A Fragile Peace

    Liberia: A Fragile Peace

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    A chronicle of the period from the departure of Charles Taylor to the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first African woman head of state, that p...

    Liberia: A Fragile Peace