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This is an ongoing project to make information about WWFOR's videos more readily available. These may be borrowed, please call or e-mail the office (206-789-5565 or wwfor@connectexpress.com) to make arrangements to come in and browse or to borrow these great resources. Arrangements may also be made to have the videos mailed. More volunteers are needed to help compile these lists!
Great thanks to A.P. of Seattle for these video annotations! 3 new annotations posted June 20, 2004, click on a star. * * *
VIDEOS ON DISARMAMENT, MILITARY & WEAPONS || ECONOMIC JUSTICE || INTOLERANCE || IRAQ || WOMEN'S RIGHTS || POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY || NONVIOLENCE a work in progress, check back for more great videos!
DISARMAMENT, MILITARY & WEAPONS
#1 AMERICA: POLICEMAN FOR THE THIRD WORLD? (29 minutes) This is a broadcast of America's Defense Monitor in 1992. Admiral Gene LaRocque is host and Sanford Gottlieb is interviewer and narrator. Several people are interviewed for their views on President Bush's New World Order. Does it mean a world community under the influence of the United Nations, solving our problems by diplomatic and political means, or does it mean that the U.S. is assuming the role of policeman of the third World.
#5 BROKEN PROMISES? (15 minutes) A 1998 60 Minutes segment with Leslie Stahl interviewing people about U.S. refusal to clean the environmental mess made by U.S. in Panama where our troops practiced jungle warfare and used chemical weapons. Both sides of the issue are presented.
#6 BOUND BY THE WIND (58 minutes, 40 seconds) The viewer learns of the international impact of nuclear testing on people who live downwind. A history of nuclear testing and the people's movement for a comprehensive test ban treaty are covered.
#7 BREAKING THE SPELL: U.S./SOVIET DIALOGUE. From World at War, Super Station, WTBS Atlanta 1985 (60 minutes) A conversation about creating a safer, better world with Father Ted Hesburgh of Notre Dame as moderator. Participants include retired Admiral Noel Gayler, Dr. Carl Sagen, Dr. Roald Sagdeev, and via satellite Moscow, Dr. Gyori Arbatov.
#8 BUSTER AND ME (26 minutes) A 1983 Emmy Award winning PUPPET SHOW. The puppets deal with FEARS OF NUCLEAR WAR and learn how they can diminish them by working for peace.
#11, #12 THE BEYOND WAR SPACEBRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO-MOSCOW, DEC.13-14, 1984 (1 hour) This video shows the simultaneous, via satellite, presentation of the Beyond War Award to Dr. Bernard Lown, American, and Dr. Eugene Chazov, Russian, the founders of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. In addition to the presentation to and speeches of these two men there are brief glimpses of life in San Francisco and Moscow; a segment on the accomplishments of IPPNW; a speech by Don Fitton, one of the founders of the Beyond War Movement; and music.
#13 THE FIVE CONTINENT SPACEBRIDGE, December 14, 1985 (85 minutes) The Beyond War Foundation presents its annual award to the heads of six nations for their Five Continent Peace Initiative. The recipients make brief speeches and there are cultural presentations from their nations. The recipients are: President Miguel De La Madrid of Mexico; President Raul Alfonso of Argentina; Prime Minister Olaf Palme of Sweden; first president of the Republic of Tanzania, Julius Nyere; Prime Minister Andreas Papondrea of Greece, and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of India.
#14 CELEBRATION OF CONSCIENCE -1990 - (about 45 minutes) An address by Rep.Parren Mitchell, Maryland's first Afro-American congressman. (25 minutes) This is followed by a conscientious objector in WWII talking about his experiences and feelings. (20 minutes)
#17 CITIZEN'S WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAM FEB. 1998 (6 minutes) To point out the contradiction and hypocrisy of the U.S. policy demanding that Iraq destroy nuclear weapons while we stockpile them, a group of Vancouver activists led by Libby Davies, NDP Member of Parliament, went to the Bangor, Washington, nuclear submarine base to request access to the base for the purpose of looking for weapons of mass destruction.
#20 IRANIAN/CONTRA ARMS SALE BACKGROUND, by Daniel Sheehan, Christic Institute, Feb. 5, 1987, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Phoenix. (90 minutes) Daniel Sheehan presents an intricate web of facts surrounding the Iran-Contra affair. He traces in detail the secret operations of a group of intelligence agents, military men, and others who are responsible for corruption and violence unknown to most Americans. He dates this back to the time of the Kennedy assassination and with many details connects it all to Iran-Contra.
#123 THE SHADOW GOVERNMENT, THE MEN BEHIND THE IRAN/CONTRA SCANDAL 1987 (60 MINUTES) Sara Nelson, executive director of the Christic Institute, introduces the work of this interfaith organization. This video deals with a lawsuit that arose from a bombing at a press conference in Costa Rica. Tony Avirgan and Daniel Sheehan present the facts of the investigation that ultimately uncovered a broad conspiracy, a shadow government, carrying out illicit foreign policy actions. Twenty-six defendants are charged with (1) violating the U.S. Neutrality Act (2) racketeering (drug trafficking) and (3) political assassinations. new annotation posted 6/20/04#106 WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST A&H BOMBS 2000 30 minutes For the Japanese speaker. Many short speeches - probably excerpts - all are in Japanese or have Japanese subtitles.
#124 SHADOW SONG, music by Jim Hinde. 2003 (7 minutes, 43 seconds) This anti-war/ anti-Bush administration song was written and performed by Jim Hinde on Martin Luther King Day in Seattle. There is an introduction by Rev. Rich Lang and as Hinde sings there are pictures of the Martin Luther King marchers and peace activists.
#137 - WALK IN PEACE, 1988 (17 minutes) Jubilee Partners, a Christian service community, developed a Walk for Peace campaign to assist war amputees in Nicaragua, many of them children and young people. War has devastated the economy and about 1,000 persons live with war injuries. Walk for Peace supplies both prosthetics and physical therapy. It is an ongoing project because limbs, especially those of children, need replacement every few years.
#9 BAGHDAD REPORT EASTER 99 (6 minutes) HEARING CHILDREN'S VOICES (11 minutes) Both videos cover the economic collapse and the humanitarian crisis in Iraq caused by sanctions. Its impact on present and future generations is noted. There is footage of Denis Halliday, former Assistant Secretary General to the UN, and Hans Von Sponeck, former UN Humanitarian Aid Coordinator for Iraq.
#16 CHILDREN OF THE CRADLE (26 Minutes) A delegation from Medicine for Peace went to Iraq in 1991-92 to assess the medical situation there. This is their findings.
#18 CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY; EYE WITNESS ACCOUNT FROM IRAQ, APRIL 1999 (18 minutes 32 seconds) A group of Canadians joined an international delegation in Iraq, visiting hospitals, schools, and talking with officials. Some of these people speak about what they saw and plead for the end of sanctions. Music by the Raging Grannies is interspersed.
#78 labeled "PUNISHING SADDAM"
#84 labeled "SUFFERING IN IRAQ DUE TO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS"
CBS "60 Minutes" May 12, 1996 (15 minutes)
Leslie Stahl tours Iraq and introduces us to the magnitude of problems created by sanctions, explaining how one of the most westernized nations of the Middle East has been reduced to a third world nation. Children's hospitals are visited with many views of malnourished children. Leslie talks with doctors about shortages and visits streets where one sees the results of inflation. The segment closes with a talk with Madeline Albright who, while admitting Saddam Hussein is not suffering, defends sanctions.
#111 CNN COVERAGE OF DOCTORS' DELEGATION TO IRAQ 4/5/99
HANS VON SPONECK -U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR TO IRAQ 4/5/99 (approximately 1 hour)
A brief CNN segment about an international 27 person delegation to Iraq endorsed by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. The delegation is delivering medical textbooks to Baghdad in violation of sanctions, which forbid the entrance of all educational materials.
The CNN segment is followed by a talk with Hans von Sponeck, U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq. He assesses conditions in Iraq and explains the U.N. role there as manager of a complex program. He says that the last chapter on the wisdom of sanctions has not yet been written. At the end von Sponeck accepts questions which add to the comprehensive coverage.
#94 SILENT WEAPON: THE EMBARGO AGAINST IRAQ (26 minutes)
This video was made with the support of many denominations and associations of churches that were concerned about our limited knowledge of Iraq. It is designed for use in churches and gives the story of sanctions through facts and limited visual photo footage. There is an accompanying study guide.
#-- AFTER THE STORM: IRAQ 1991 (27 minutes)
Sharon O'Connell and Sharon Black, members of Citizens' for Peace in the Middle East, disturbed by the media blackout after the Gulf War, decided to go to Iraq and see what was happening. Knowing that the only infant formula factory in Iraq had been bombed they delivered $4,000 of powdered milk.
Sharon O'Connell talks about the trip with brief video footage of bombed roads and the pediatric ward of a hospital where many babies are too weak to cry, having had nothing but sugar and water for the five months after bombing.
The video footage is not professional and suffers at times from background noise but the images show the death sentence sanctions have imposed on innocent Iraqi children far better than words.
#107 VIDEO OF UMM HAIDRE 1999 13 minutes + 5 minutes An IRAQI MOTHER gives a moving account of the U.S. bombing that killed her young son. Her speech is at times difficult to understand. There is a five minute segment of Iraqi street scenes by an amateur photographer.
#108 IN SHIFTING SANDS 2001 1 hour, 32 minutes This film is directed by Scott Ritter, the former CHIEF WEAPONS INSPECTOR of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq (UNSCOM), and includes frequent footage of the numerous attempts to gain admission to supposed weapons sites. The film speaks negatively of the power and role of the United States in the investigations. Although UNSCOM has been discredited Ritter feels Iraq has been, for all practical purposes, disarmed and is not a military threat and that sanctions should be lifted. He believes the UN should be protecting the well-being of people, not destroying lives.
#84 MEMORIES: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HIS LIFE AND HIS WORK, CONVERSATIONS WITH JIM LAWSON AND GLEN SMILEY 1987 (about 15 minutes). Glenn Smiley, former FOR national field secretary, and James Lawson, one of FOR's southern field secretaries in the 50s, discuss their experiences during the civil rights movement. They emphasize the relationship between racism and militarism, poverty and greed. One must be actively persistent on all fronts. new annotation posted 6/20/04INTOLERANCE - HOMOSEXUALITY, RACE, RELIGION
#15 CENSORSHIP IN OUR SCHOOLS: HAWKINS COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1987 (19 minutes) Conservative Christians sought to have new textbooks removed from the schools. Among some of the objections were stories that presented world government, pacifism, and all religions being treated equally. Among literature that they disliked was Goldilocks and the Three Bears and the Wizard of Oz. After years of strife the parents decided to sue and the case went to the courts.
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
- Amateur Playhouse This is based on James Baldwin's novel about an Afro American teenager growing up in a religious Harlem family. #2 and #4 BEYOND HATE 1991 (60 minutes) This program was inspired by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity's series of conferences on "The Anatomy of Hate". Bill Moyers searchs for an understanding of hate through interviews with world figures, gang leaders, and young people, both the haters and the victims of hate. He searches for the roots of hatred and focuses on people striving to move beyond hatred to achieve tolerance and acceptance. new annotation posted 6/20/04#-- THE RHETORIC OF INTOLERANCE; AN OPEN LETTER-VIDEO TO PAT ROBERTSON FROM DR. MEL WHITE (29 minutes)
The video opens with TV segments of Pat Robertson's speeches. Topics include Muslims, abortion, and primarily homosexuality. Dr. Mel White responds to each segment, pointing out fallacies, misuse of the Bible, and Robertson's ignorance of Biblical scholarship and scientific research.
#19 - two films on the JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT DURING WORLD WAR II: A PERSONAL MATTER: GORDON HIRABAYASHI VS. THE UNITED STATES (30 minutes)and DAYS OF WAITING (28 minutes)
"A Personal Matter" presents Gordon Hirabayashi's refusal, during WWII, to be interned on the grounds that Executive Order 9066 violated his constitutional rights. This is the story of his struggle and his eventual triumph over forty years later.
"Days of Waiting" is a biography of Estelle Ishigo, a Caucasian who, during WWII, insisted on going with her Japanese American husband to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming. The story is told through her words, sketches, and watercolors and also through old photographs.
#59 - FREEDOM ON MY MIND 1994 (110 minutes) This video was nominated for an Academy Award and tells the story of the Mississippi freedom movement in the early 1960s when a small group of young activists changed history. With interviews and news footage we see the Afro-Americans confront jail and beatings for the right to vote. This movement signed up 80,000 for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
#4 MAI: MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENTS (64 minutes) This video is in three parts. It attempts to explain the MAI and the need for Canadians to defeat it. Part 1: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Report (10 min.) Part 2: Steve Shrybman, West Coast Environmental Law Association (24 Min.) Part 3: Mike Dolan, Global Trade Watch, Public Citizen (22 minutes)
#10 BETRAYAL OF DEMOCRACY 1992 (2 hours) A Frontline segment with William Greider. Democracy is in trouble because of the missing connection between the governed and the governing as power has gravitated from the many to the few. Our capitol is now a Grand Bazaar, a marketplace for buying and selling among special interest groups. Laws are enacted to please the masses but on close investigation these are hollow laws.
#-- LARRY GOSSETT - BYRON RUSHING - DENNIS BRUTUS
SPEAKING AT THE PEOPLE FOR FAIR TRADE MONTHLY FORUM 8/28/99 (about 1 hour)
Larry Gossett, King County Council member, talks briefly about the coming WTO meeting in Seattle and the need to protest. Then he introduces two excellent speakers.
First is Bryan Rushing, Democratic state legislator from Massachusetts. Rushing speaks of his state's successful attempt to protest apartheid in South Africa by divesting state and pension funds and boycotting countries doing business with South Africa. They tried the same technique with Burma and passed the Burma law. By this time the WTO had been created and it ruled that Massachusetts was in violation of WTO agreements. Massachusetts is fighting all the way to the Supreme Court. The state feels it must not compromise: human beings are more important than property. [Since this was filmed the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Burma Law unconstitutional in June 2000.]
The second speaker is Dennis Brutus, exile from South Africa, poet, and Professor of African Literature at the University of Pittsburgh. He emphasizes that the WTO is writing a constitution for the entire world and doing it in secret. This organization overrides the courts and laws of any country and uses punitive measures against offenders. We must confront the idea that maximum profit is now more important than people and voice our opposition to the idea.
#41 - AQUI SE PUEDE 1991 (13 minutes) Farmworkers and church leaders talk about the problems of Spanish speaking workers at Ste. Michelle Winery. Workers are poisoned by pesticides, injured by machinery, have no job guarantees or workers' compensation, They are paid less than truckers and bottlers who have unions. The workers want a union and a boycott of Ste. Michelle Winery. The Winery refused to be interviewed for the tape.
#104 WAVES OF ONE SEA (21:43 minutes)
Women speak out about their problems at the Fifth Africa Regional Conference on Women, Dakar, 16-23, Nov.1994. The film includes some views of women's daily lives.
#130 URBAN WARRIOR 2002 (50 minutes) Recent years have seen a blurring of the line between U.S. military operations and domestic police work. Weapons and tactics once reserved for war have been used in domestic law enforcement. The debate is investigated and the impact on American civil liberties considered.
web page updated June 20, 2004, by Jean Buskin, bb369@scn.org
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