Annie Mae Carpenter and the Uprising in Nacogdoches
A 14 minute short designed for high school and up to explore Texas labor history and the leadership of African American women in Nacogdoches. The film features 3 high school…
Still image from On Dying of Dementia in a Capitalist System by Anne Lewis
On Dying of Dementia in a Capitalist System
An animation film and digital humanities project explore the contradiction between a lucrative business and the humanity of people with dementia, direct care workers, and caregivers. The film is based…
Rebecca Flores: Under the South Texas Sun
“I don’t think you can be an activist unless you can be an organizer. I never felt comfortable talking about anything unless I’d developed an organization, and helped a lot…
Emma Tenayuca and the 1938 San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike
Emma Tenayuca and the 1938 San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike. The documentary short is based on the feature documentary A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas!). The site is a living…
Un Trip: raúlrsalinas and the Poetry of Liberation
A film by Anne Lewis and Laura Varela Un Trip takes us through the life of Xicanindio poet/activist raúlrsalinas told through poetry and the rhythm of jazz. This story examines,…
A Strike and an Uprising! (in Texas)
The film is a documentary based in the telling of two events: the San Antonio pecan shellers’ strike of 1938 and the Jobs with Justice march led by Nacogdoches…
A Tender Promise: Education Story
A Tender Promise: Education Story New Sample A Tender Promise: Education Story (formerly named "High Stakes") received a City of Austin cultural contract to continue production of a documentary that looks at…
The Women on The Bus
The Women on the Bus by Anne Lewis January 19, 2017 at midnight, fifty-seven women met on a ranch outside Austin, Texas for a thirty-hour bus ride to the Women's…
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
Anne Braden: Southern Patriot in partnership with Mimi Pickering and produced with Appalshop is finished. DVD's are available from Appalshop and California Newsreel. Clips screened at the historic 2010 US Social Forum in Detroit are included…