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HOWARD ZINN and HELEN ZIA talk about history and how class figures into America's racial equation. (64 minutes)
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Howard Zinn is an insightful social critic, acclaimed historian and playwright who has written over thirty books and plays. His best-known book, "A People's History of the United States," is a classic of social and political history.
Helen Zia is a long-time activist for social justice. A graduate of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, she is a Contributing Editor to Ms. Magazine, where she was formerly Executive Editor. A second generation Chinese American, she is the author of "Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People," and coauthor with Wen Ho Lee of "My Country Versus Me."
WINONA
LADUKE and ANGELA OH talk about the role race plays in
politics, in court, in L.A. and on Native American reservations.
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Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabekwe
(Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg
who lives and works on the White Earth Reservations. A graduate
of Harvard and Antioch Universities, she works as Program
Director of the Honor the Earth Fund and as Founding Director
for White Earth Land Recovery Project. In 1994, Winona was
nominated by Time magazine as one of America's fifty most
promising leaders under forty years of age.
Angela Oh works as a teacher, lawyer, and public lecturer in national and international arenas. In June 1997, she was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Initiative on Race. Ms. Oh is the recipient of numerous commendations and awards, including the Award for Excellence by the American Bar Association.
Filmmakers MARCO
WILLIAMS and WHITNEY DOW talk with Amy Goodman about their
goals in making "Two Towns of Jasper." (This Democracy
Now! show aired live on Monday, January 13th, 2003.)
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Before founding Feral Films in 1998
to make documentaries, Whitney Dow
worked in industrial and commercial films. His commercial
clients included such leading advertisers as Vanity Fair,
The New Yorker, Clinique, Absolut, Revlon, Johnny Walker and
MoÎt & Chandon. He was inspired to make the switch to documentary
films after directing two shorts for the American AIDS Rides.
"Two Towns of Jasper" is Dow's first feature.
Marco Williams is an award-winning
film director and a member of the faculty in the undergraduate
Film and Television Department at New York University. His
credits include the award-winning documentary, "In Search
Of Our Fathers," and the Cable Ace nominated dramatic
short, "Without A Pass." He also directed "Rebuilding
Our Communities," part of the four-hour PBS Making Peace
series. Prior to joining NYU, Williams taught at the University
of North Carolina School of the Arts. He has also been a visiting
lecturer at Duke University. Williams received his BA in Visual
and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and MA and
a MFA from UCLA.
BARBARA
SMITH and ROBIN D.G. KELLEY talk about race in America
with Amy Goodman. (52 minutes)
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Robin D.G. Kelley
is Professor of History and Africana Studies and Chair of
the Department of History at New York University. His research
focuses on U.S. and African American history; African diaspora;
urban studies; working class radicalism; cultural history,
with an emphasis on music. He is the author, most recently,
of "Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination."
Barbara Smith is an innovative critic,
teacher, activist, lecturer, author, independent scholar,
and publisher. Her articles, essays, literary criticism, and
short stories have appeared in a variety of publications,
and she has edited three major collections about black women.
A collection of her essays, "The Truth That Never Hurts:
Writings on Race, Gender, and Freedom" was published
by Rutgers University Press in November, 1998.
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