NEWSREEL
at Sarah Lawrence College
Film Screenings and Discussions
November 14-15
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
14
8 pm - 9 pm
Welcome by Prof. Rico Speight & Adam Kaz [New SDS] and
Roz and John
Introduction: History of Newsreel : Mike, Norm, Roz
(and Marvin, Jane and others?)
"STRIKE CITY" (28min) pre NR film and
pre panther film distributed by NR with John Douglas
and Tom Griffin
9 pm -11 pm
"OFF THE PIG" (17min) - Robert
Lacativa & Robert Machover - the film will be introduced
by Dhoruba Bin Wahad (BPP member of the Panther
21) and Roz Payne
What We Want, What We Believe
"EL PUEBLO SE LLEVANTE" (36min) presentations
by Mickey Melendez of the Young Lords, Robert
Lacativa and Bev Grant
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
15, 2008
10am -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 Robert Lacativa and Roz
Payne
"YIPPIE!" 15 min - Roz
worked on this & Paul (was it distributed by
NR or not?)
11am -1pm - presentations
by NR Collective.
" AMERIKA" (33min) Allan Siegel
& Jane Kramer (the high school students) other
NR filmmakers filming and present at massive 1969 End the War Demonstration
& Stop the Trial in Washington DC .
"79 SPRINGS OF HO CHI MINH" (20min) by
Santigo Alvarez (Cuban film distributed by Newsreel)
"ONLY THE BEGINNING" (20min) Alan
Jacobs and Eric Breitbart
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 Karen Mitnick who
worked on film or participated in the demonstration .
"MAKEOUT" (5min) Discussion with Deborah Shaffer
and Richard Eagan
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 and moderated by Prof. Komozi Woodard of SLC
History Department. A member of the Malcolm X Grassroots
Movement