Call for Change Series
A series of 16 shorts on how NYC communities of color view their "State of America" and what they're doing to make changes. Topics range from the continued impact of homeland security measures on South Asian and Muslim communities, to police brutality, to slavery era reparations, to the women MC movement and Domestic Workers organizing. Titles: "Among the First to Die", "Dastaar", "Fulton and Franklin", "Just Ralph", "Latino Poets Speakout", "Military Options", "Military Promises", "Rising Up: The Alams", "Saj: A Muslim in America", "She Rhymes Like A Girl", "Untold Legacy", "Voices in the Street", "Work and Respect".Ā
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Among the First to Die
This is the story of one of the first American casualties of the War against Terror - Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez, a 28-year-old Guatemalan, who joined the Marines because "he wanted to give back a little bit to his adopted country,"More Information -
She Rhymes Like a Girl
Toni Blackman and the FreeStyle Union are challenging the male-dominated world of Hip-Hop and empowering women to speak their minds in freestyle workshops.More Information -
Work and Respect
New updated version includes footage of New York State Governor David Paterson signing the 2010 Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights.More Information
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