Newsreel Films at
Sarah Lawrence College
with
New SDS and Newsreel Members Gathering
NOVEMBER
14, 15, 16 - 2008
Please everyone respond by Friday October
24th... to the following:
1. We need to know exact numbers of who is coming and for (Saturday
and Sunday - Exact numbers are great, but estimates are good too.)
for the food and for entrance Sunday to Woolworth Building (we need
list of names to enter Woolworth Building)
2. Tell us if you are coming . You may bring guest Friday and Saturday
(but no guest for NR only meeting Sunday. we are limited by space)
3. We need to know the names of all films that all NR folks worked
on, other work you did in NR, the years you were in NR , what office
(like Boston, LA, NYC).
What offices did NR send you to, What film showing trips did NR send
you to (like Tom and Roz were sent on a Southern trip with films)
4. We need emails for missing people and if you know them can you
call them and tell them about the reunion and send us their email.
and please add to this list -
| Clarissa Ainsley (now Dalrymple),
Lala Bolton, Miriam Boxser, Vicki Breitbart, Larry Bullard,
John Chernoble, Randall Conrad, Lynn Costello, Dave Dobkin,
Norris Eisenbrey, Ray Feinbaum, Mark Fisher, Bill Floyd, Jaimie
Friar, Manny Frishberg, Mark Hardesty, Bob Hipkins, Joanna Homer,
Alan Jacobs, Frances (Fro) Jackson, Martin Jannal, John Jost,
Ken Kaiser, Hugh King, Llyana Landes, Jonas Mekas, Carol Michaels
(now Foresta), Jack Milton, Jeannie Morrison, Joel Morewood,
Dick Pike, Richard Place, Gail Porer, Marcia Rizzi, Susan Robeson,
Steve Rose, Henry Saveth, Harry Schreibman, Danny Shafferman,
Paul Shinoff, Florie Summergrad, Cynthia and John Swinborne,
Eric Taub, Nancy Toby, Ralph Torres, Shawn Walker |
5. NR folks who have died - Howie Babeuf, Geri Asher, Jackie Shearer,
Melvin (FIRE) Margolis, Andrea Eagan, Dan Brown,
Robert Kramer
and Marilyn
Buck SF Newsreel who is in Prison
Please send us other names
VERY
IMPORTANT
WE
NEED TO FIND GOOD PRINTS /OR BAD 16MM PRINTS OF ALL THE FILMS SO
WE CAN TRY TO PRESERVE THEM AND HAVE GOOD COPIES OF THE FILMS AND
TRANSFER TO DVD ETC SO PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE
HISTORY WE HAVE NO PRINTS OF SOME OF THE NR FILMS . SCHOOLS , AND
ORGANIZERS STILL USE OUR FILMS AND TEACH HISTORY WITH THEM . WHERE
ARE THE PRIMO PRINTS ARCHIVED ETC.
VERY
IMPORTANT PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT 16MM PRINTS YOU HAVE AND CAN WE
BORROW THEM. Are they kept well or are they in your closet with
a leaky ceiling ?
AND
does anyone have a HD camera that can be used to film the gathering
and film showings
Location of Sarah Lawrence College and the
Woolworth Building
(directions to and from both with train schedules and subway stops)
click
here for maps
NEWSREEL
at Sarah Lawrence College
Film Screenings and Discussions
November 14-15
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
14
7 pm- 8 pm
Welcome by Prof. Rico Speight & Adam Kaz [New SDS] and
Roz and John
Introduction: History of Newsreel : Roz (and Mike,
Norm, Marvin, Jane and others?)
"STRIKE CITY" (28min) pre NR film and
pre panther film distributed by NR with John Douglas and Tom Griffin
and moderated by Prof. Komozi Woodard of SLC History Department.
A member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
8 pm -10 pm
"OFF THE PIG" (17min) - the film will
be introduced by Dhoruba Bin Wahad (BPP member of the Panther 21)
and Roz Payne
"EL PUEBLO SE LLEVANTE" (36min) presentations
by Mickey Melendez of the Young Lords, Robert Lacativa (needs confirmation),
and Bev Grant
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
15, 2008
10-11am BREAKFAST ( films showing concurrently with
breakfast hour]
"NO GAME" (Pentagon - 17min) Marvin
Fishman and other NR folks who were there
"GARBAGE" (10min) Rene Lichtman and NR
folks who were there Allan Seigel, Roz, (who else?)
"YIPPIE!" 15 min (who worked on this
besides Roz & Paul? was it distributed by NR or not?)
"ONLY THE BEGINNING" (20min) Alan Jacobs
and Eric Breitbart
11am -1pm - presentations
by NR Collective.
" AMERIKA" (33min) Allan Seigel &
Jane Kramer (the high school students) other NR filmmakers filming
and present at Stop the Trial in DC .
"79 SPRINGS OF HO CHI MINH" (20min) by
Santigo Alvarez (Cuban film distributed by Newsreel)
LUNCH (1pm - 2pm)
2 PM - 5 PM SCREENING
"COLUMBIA REVOLT" (50min) - Moderated
by Prof Priscilla Murolo, History/Women's Studies - Michael Singer
introducing Lynn Phillips final editor of Columbia Revolt, New SDS
member Daniel Tasripin, and other Newsreel folks who filmed, worked
on editing & occupied buildings at Columbia University including
Melvin Margolis, Marvin Fishman, Bill Floyd, Rene Lichtman, Danny
Schaferman Roz Payne, David and Barbara Stone and others who worked
on the film or were part of the take over of Columbia University
. Especially, Andrea and Richard Eagan were married (filmed by Newsreel)
during the take over in Fayerweather Building. They later joined
Newsreel .
5 PM- 5:30 PM DINNER
5:30 PM - 6:30
PM
"UP AGAINST THE WALL MISS AMERICA" (15min)
Bev Grant and others who worked on film or participated in the demonstration
.
"MAKEOUT" (5min) Discussion with Deborah Shaffer (and
others?)
7:30 PM- 9:30 PM SCREENING (two hours)
"SUMMER 68'" 58 min Norm Fruchter and
John Douglas and other NR folks - filming The Rat, Boston Draft
Resistasnce , GI Coffee House and the Chicago Democratic Convention
1968
"FINALLY GOT THE NEWS" (40min) Detroit
Newsreel - Rene Lichtman and Stew Bird
SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 16th at 11:00am til 4:00pm
NEWSREEL GATHERING (members only) food
will be served
in Manhattan at the Woolworth
Building - 233 Broadway, 7th floor
Bring ID to get into the building
(between Park Place and Barclay Street, across from City Hall Park)
refer to map/directions
a chance to think about the future (after the elections)
everything from a NR history video to DVD boxed set (Blu-Ray?)
Amazon Video-on-Demand
and perhaps another more relaxed get-together with some
advance notice
a good time for a meeting, but not a reunion
this is not "The Reunion" but a meeting that got pulled
together to piggy-back on the sarah lawrence showing? perhaps planning
for a reunion will come out of it, with dates and place set up well
ahead of time. TWN is thinking about a 40th in the spring, perhaps
that would be a great time for us all...
(your name must be put on a list to
enter Woolworth building on Sunday - please have ID)
current list of attendees
(CLICK HERE)
and remember
EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
we look to hearing (we
listen to see)
who all can make it and be with the films when they are shown
you know RSVP
in peace...
Roz Payne <RozNews@aol.com>
John Douglas <jdouglas@gmavt.net>
how
about FACEBOOK for us all?
