Movies: California Newsreel

  • 1986
    Ethnic Notions

    Ethnic Notions (1986)

    Ethnic Notions

    7.11986HD

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

    Ethnic Notions
  • 1978
    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement (1978)

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement

    01978HD

    This documentary explores the growth and development of black theatre from its earliest roots, also examining its close ties with the civil rights movement. Included are interviews with veterans of the theatrical world such as James Earl Jones and Ed...

    Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement
  • 1996
    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave (1996)

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave

    01996HD

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

    A Son of Africa: The Autobiography of a Slave
  • 1969
    San Francisco State: On Strike

    San Francisco State: On Strike (1969)

    San Francisco State: On Strike

    01969HD

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

    San Francisco State: On Strike
  • 2004
    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2004)

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

    02004HD

    Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Americans advocated a non-violent resistance. Williams took a different tack, urging the oppressed to tak...

    Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
  • 1984
    The Business of America

    The Business of America (1984)

    The Business of America

    01984HD

    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 (1988)

    Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America

    01988HD

    This film traces the dramatic rise and fall of workplace cooperation at Eastern Airlines. In so doing, the film uncovers the deep-seated assumptions which underlie our culture of industrial relations and prevent us from breaking out of our industrial...

    Collision Course: Labor Management Relations in America
  • 1978
    Controlling Interest

    Controlling Interest (1978)

    Controlling Interest

    01978HD

    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 policy. This is the film that helped kick-off the anti-globalization movement. Upon release, it qui...

    Controlling Interest
  • 1980
    Generations of Resistance

    Generations of Resistance (1980)

    Generations of Resistance

    01980HD

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

    Generations of Resistance
  • 2006
    Liberia: A Fragile Peace

    Liberia: A Fragile Peace (2006)

    Liberia: A Fragile Peace

    02006HD

    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 presents the difficulties of rehabilitating a nation destroyed by war. LIBERIA: A FRAGILE PEACE is a...

    Liberia: A Fragile Peace