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…
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…
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…
Texas Majority Minority
TEXAS MAJORITY MINORITY 2004, 10:40 About the struggle to register Latino and African American voters in Texas and the disenfranchisement of thousands of voters which created a system of political apartheid. Includes…
Rough Side of the Mountain
ROUGH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN 1999, 56:40 Community organizing and the "steel ceiling" encountered by two company towns -- Trammel and Ivanhoe, Virginia -- as they struggle to develop new economies.…
Still from Hands On: A year in an Easter Kentucky Classroom
Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom
HANDS ON: A YEAR IN AN EASTERN KENTUCKY CLASSROOM 1992, 28:00 Examines the potential of a student-centered, democratically run learning environment based on Foxfire methods in an economically disadvantaged rural second…
still from documentary by Anne Lewis.
Hard Times in the Country: The Schools
HARD TIMES IN THE COUNTRY: THE SCHOOLS 1988, 29:00 The impact of the War on Poverty on school systems in eastern Kentucky and describes how the solutions that were implemented --…
So Was Einstein: A Look at Dyslexic Children
SO WAS EINSTEIN: A LOOK AT DYSLEXIC CHILDREN 1988, 29:00 Focuses on four students and their families and describes the guilt, frustration, and misunderstanding that often come with having dyslexia, and…