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Jalil Muntaqim interview (2 of 4)
Call Number: V 079Format: VHSProducers: John O’ReillyCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Continues about the tampering and destruction of evidence in his case. Once you’re convicted the burden is to prove yourself innocent. Discusses cases of Dhoruba and Geronimo, who spent almost 50 years together in prison after proving that the state had set them up. Calls the US a plutocracy, where the rich rule and control the government, operating under a hypocritical veneer of democracy. Hegemonic powers of the media, describes it as the wizard in the background. We need to break the illusion that the system works for the benefit of the people. All he sees in prison are black and brown faces because of the unequal distribution of wealth and poverty being an impetus towards “crime”, and institutional racism has created a mechanism for people of color to go to prison. Talks about bodies becoming commodities, his prison number is like his bar code, economics analysis of PIC. Discusses tax breaks for rural counties who can include prisoners in their population even though majority of prisoners come from NYC. Control units/SHU - for rebellious prisoners and mentally ill inmates who can’t be controlled among rest of general population. Discusses his own most recent experience in the “box”, where the state fabricated evidence that he was organizing a statewide prison strike. Talks about SHU, feed you through a slot in cell, 1 hour of recreation time, everything even food is a privilege, no phone use, visitation once a week but through glass. Talks about the extended effects of isolation and sensory deprivation, claustrophobia, loneliness, anxiety and panic disorders. There is no rehab/education/employment/therapeutic/skill s offered to prisoners, thus they leave embittered and destructive. Talks about manifest destiny and how it was turned into a country. Ideas are power if you know how to take control. Starts to talk about returning to San Quentin adjustment center post-sentencing, housed with San Quentin six. Talking about freeing political prisoners with Ruchell Magee, who just received a letter from Yuri Kochiyama about starting a movement around amnesty.
The New York 3
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: V 102Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Explains the case of the New York 3, jalil Muntaqim, Nuh Washington and Herman Bell in the context of the history of the Black Panther Party, the Black Liberation Army, FBIs Cointelpro program designed to destroy the Black liberation movement. Aside from the prisoners’ voices are interviews with Safiya Bukhari, of the Jericho Amnesty Movement and a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member (as well as a former political prisoner and prisoner of war) and attorney Brian Glick, talking about Cointelpro and the FBI.
Passin’ It On: The Story of a Black Panther’s Search for Justice
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 116Format: VHSProducers: John ValadezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About the same time the Black Panther Party entered the realm of the legendary, one of its favorite sons went to prison for the attempted murder of two white New York City police officers. While Richard Moore was serving over 19 years for a crime he swears he didn't commit, the Black Panther movement disintegrated because of FBI harassment and internal power sturggles.
Now, Richard Moore is Dhoruba Bin Wahad. And he is a free man, the result of his conviction being overturned on the basis of "prosecutorial misconduct." Passin' It On vibrantly brings to life the history of the Black Panthers, and dramatically tells the story of Dhoruba Bin Wahad, offering an unforgettable window into the African-American experience.
In My Own Words: Welcome to the Terrordome! Communique from the Belly of the Beast
Call Number: V 118Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A 45 minute interview with New Afrikan Anarchist Prisoner Of War Ojore N Lutalo. A long time Black Liberation solider, imprisoned since 1982, this interview was conducted while Ojore was in New Jersey State Prison's infamous Management Control Unit. Ojore shares his revolutionary outlook on topics such as the state, class, racism, black leadership, the function of prisons, political prisoners, the Black Liberation Army, vegetarian survival in prison, and maintaining one's sense of purpose under repressive conditions.
Estadio Nacional - National Stadium
Date: 1/1/2002Call Number: V 123Format: VHSProducers: Gobierno de Chile, Carmen Luz ParotCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In 1973, between September 11th and November 7th,in the biggest sports stadium in Chile ‘Estadio Nacional’, the Chilean military set up a concentration camp of death and torture. After the violent coup against the democratically elected Socialist government of Salvador Allende, more than 12,000 political prisoners were imprisoned. At least 7,000 prisoners were tortured and countless numbers were murdered.
Filmed 30 years later, this documentary is the first investigation conducted about the Stadium and the events taking place inside. It includes interviews with the eyewitnesses of that time (prisoners, nurses, soldiers and journalists). The film also utilizes historical footage that is truly amazing.
Directed by Carmen Luz Parot who made an exhaustive search of audiovisual archives from 5 countries as well as cultural institutions around the world.
90 minutes - in Spanish and subtitled in English.
The Ohio 7 On Trial
Call Number: V 133Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Ohio 7 On Trial is a series of interviews from prison with the political prisoners accused of membership in the United Freedom Front (UFF). The UFF was an armed clandestine guerilla organization active in the late 1970s and early 1980s against US imperialism and intervention in Central America, and South African apartheid. It includes interviews with Ray Luc Levasseur, Pat Gros-Levasseur, Barbara Curzi-Laaman, Jaan Lehman, Carol Manning, Thomas Manning, ans Richard Williams.
Poor quality dub.
Victory Gardens Project
Date: 1/1/2000Call Number: V 213Format: VHSProducers: Victory Gardens ProjectCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The Victory Gardens project is an urban community gardening and food production project which grows and distributes food to raise awareness about economic justice, ecological sustainability, and social change. The Athens. Maine project was organized by Herman Bell, a US political prisoner and two Maine farmers, Carol Dove and Michael Vernon, with the purpose of simultaneously providing healthy food and political education. Video of Herman Bell, Nuh Washington and Jalil Muntaqim is integrated into material about the project.
Passin’ It On: The Story of a Black Panther’s Search for Justice
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: V 269Format: DVDProducers: John ValadezCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Utilizing archival footage and personal accounts, PASSIN' IT ON offers insight into the politics which defined the generation that came of age during the Civil Rights movement. As many African-Americans - especially in urban centers like New York - sought rapid change in their communities, the Black Panthers emerged as a highly visible and often misunderstood symbol of this movement, and became targets for federal surveillance and police harassment. With testimonies from Dhoruba's attorneys, jurors at his trial, New York's then Deputy Police Commissioner, and Dhoruba himself, PASSIN' IT ON sheds light on the Panthers' real goals and addresses the much larger social issues which gave rise to the Panthers then, and which remain unsettled today.
As it examines broad themes of urban African-American life, PASSIN' IT ON tells Dhoruba's personal story. Following him from his South Bronx childhood through his activist days, prison experiences, and his current renewed involvement in the black community, the film provides a framework for recognizing his story as a caution against the excesses of state power. At a time when racial conflicts may once again build to a head, PASSIN' IT ON offers a view of where American society has been, and a glimpse at where it may be going.
Los Presos de Bragado
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: V 288Format: VHSProducers: Mariana ArrutiCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
The struggle for justice by three Argentinian anarchists: Vuotto, Mainini and Diago, a case which shook Argentinian society throughout the 1930s and subsequently.
Marion and Lexington Control Units
Date: 3/18/1988Call Number: V 339Format: VHSProgram: 20/20Collection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Three videos on control units in the US.
Marion Control Units - a history of control units in the US, focusing mainly on Marion. Black prisoners in the US prisons, prison demographics by race and rate.
Lexington Control Unit - Includes interviews with Alejandrina Torres, Susan Rosenberg and Sylvia Baraldrini about the conditions in the control unit and the effects of sensory deprivation.
Marion 20/20 - a discussion of the techniques used at USP Marion, including testimonies from prisoners and the warden.
Transcript of 20/20 piece available for download.
