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documents all the ugliness of the battle between the CIA's contras and the Sandinistas along the Honduras border, and other struggles of a young revolution. Cuba: The People; El Dialogo; Fidel Comes to New York; Cuba 1990. Cuba: The People was the first US television documentary filmed in Cuba after the revolution. Given freedom to go anywhere, they visit factories, crowded bars, lively streets and abandoned buildings from Batista's day. The second tape is of the famous meeting between Fidel and the Cuban exiles that reconciled differences and allow separated Cuban families to travel freely between the US and Cuba. Reagan later stopped such travel. The 3rd tape is of Fidel's 1979 visit to the U.N., and the final tape is an update on Cuba's current struggle to deal with US aggression and the collapse of the Communist International. Trouble at the Border; Revolution in El Salvador; Nowhere to Run. The death squads of this US-backed government does not hesitate to kill reporters. Terrifying footage of refugees chased past the border into Honduras, trying to survive with the help of the FMLN. Nowhere to hide; Inside Iraq. The tapes that destroyed the relationship between DCTV and NBC. Includes the only uncensored report to come out of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. Documents the horrible human toll from wildly inaccurate US bombing. Groups around the country have been showing these tapes to help people understand the consequences of the war. What a way to make a living. Emmy winning collection of short pieces of people struggling, with bare success, to earn a wage in hard times. To arrange an order, please call (212) 966-4510. There is a $10 preview charge. For institutions, prices run around $45 for a rental and $200 for a sale, but DCTV says that no group will be denied access to these tapes because of lack of funds. Community Viden CoCCectvon DCTV helps people produce these documentaries, and then helps promote them. If you want the complete catalog, write to DCTV, 87 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013. If any of those listed below interest you, call (212) 966-4510 and DCTV will put you in touch with the producers. Inside Schomberg. (18 min.) produced by teenagers near Harlem’s Schomberg Plaza, concentrating on daily life and ongoing communal projects. Soul to Seoul. (17 min.) a youth-produced video investigating the problems between the African-American and Korean communities in New York. The end of an era: small business and the neighborhood. (20 min.) activists explore gentrification and the disappearance of neighborhood business. Gardens in a city under siege (20 min.) The Trust for Public Land has helped create community gardens throughout NYC; here’s how they do it. Street Vendors (20 min.) explores the trials of recent NYC immigrants selling on the street. WAVE Taster; We Care (25 & 33 min.) information about AIDS and giving care to people with AIDS. Stop! In the name of love (24 min.) Improv theatre by & for teens, on sexuality & the risks of AIDS. Attack on Women’s Clinics (27 min.) a dramatic LAMDA Update: Liberty for ail (45 min.): a history of this New York gay and lesbian activist group. Project Lifeline -- A Convoy of Conscience (64 min.) Central American refugees fight to stay in the US. Build Homes not Bombs (18 min.) Homeless activists forge an alliance with the peace movement. Bread and Puppet (15 min.) A portrait of an alternative political circus travelling around the US. Authority versus Majority (75 min.) A theatre play dealing with political oppression in Latin America, with a Colonel who changes sides. Shakur and Morales (23 min.) two ex-US political prisoners talk in Cuba, which granted them political asylum. Biko Lives! (35 min.) From the music and politics festival connecting the South Bronx to South Africa. Travelling at night (22 min.) Children leam the history of slavery in the US and go on a field trip into woods and caves of the underground railroad for escaped slaves. 1, 2, 3 ... freeze (15 min.) A pilot project teaching hospitalized children to create stop-action animation. Litter Critter (20 min.) Story of kids who save New York from the Litter Critter. Christmas, Inc. (25 min.) The Elves are tired of Assembly lines, the reindeer want to go to the beach - Christmas finally happens through teamwork. A musical. Buchhandlenn in New York (19 min.) New York's biggest German bookstore arrived when the Nazi’s closed Mary Rosenberg's Niimberg shop in 1939. Rain Winter/Spring 1992 Volume XIV, Number 2 Page 13

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