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…
Morristown: in the air and sun
https://vimeo.com/226763842 Morristown: in the air and sun a film by Anne Lewis documentary 59:40 min. "Brings the complex issue of globalization down to its human level -- where workers on…
Up The Ridge
UP THE RIDGE 2006, 56:40 Editor (Produced by Nick Szuberla and Amelia Kirby) An in-depth look at the United States prison industry and the social impact of moving hundreds of thousands…
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…
His Eye Is On The Sparrow
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW 2003, 26:40 Ethel Caffie-Austin, West Virginia ’s first lady of gospel music, performs and teaches African American spirituals, hymns, and contemporary gospel songs. "Captures her in…
Shelter
SHELTER Remastered 2008, 2001, 56:40 In 1974, three women opened the first shelter for battered women in this country. A grassroots movement not only saved lives but changed the way we…