El pueblo se levanta
FocusThe Newsreel Collective27.10.2319:00 h Zumzeig Cinecooperatiu 8€
In the late '60s, conditions for Puerto Ricans in the US reached the boiling point. Faced with racial discrimination, deficient community services, and poor education and job opportunities, Puerto Rican communities began to address these injustices by using direct action. This film focuses on the community of East Harlem, capturing the compassion and militancy of the Young Lords as they implemented their own health, educational, and public assistance programs and fought back against social injustice. An excellent portrayal of inner city organizing in the late 60s.
Biography
Established in December 1967 as Newsreel, an activist filmmaker collective, this NY group grew to become a network with chapters across the US. Its different chapters produced and distributed short 16mm films covering the anti-war and women's movements, civil and human rights movements, getting unique access to such groups as the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party.
The New York Newsreel became Third World Newsreel (TWN) in the mid-70s and strengthened its commitment to developing non white filmmakers and audiences. Today, TWN carries on the progressive vision of its founders, and remains the oldest media arts organization in the U.S. devoted to non-white cultural workers and their global constituencies.
Details
Duration: 42’
Direction: The Newsreel Collective
Country: United States
Language: English and Spanish
Version: VOSE
Year: 1971
Direction: The Newsreel Collective
Country: United States
Language: English and Spanish
Version: VOSE
Year: 1971