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Interview with Jean-Daniel Simon / conducted by Robin Breon ; produced by Stephanie Allen.
An interview with French film director Jean-Daniel Simon, conducted by Robin Breon and translated by John Burke. Simon directed “La Enchainment,” a feature semi-documentary film about racial and political repression in the U.S. over the last 10 years, based on Angela Davis’ autobiography. Simon discusses not just his film, but also his involvement in the…
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Ben Chavis and the Wilmington 10 / Elizabeth Chavis and Helen Othow interviewed by Angela Davis
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Samille Gooden interviewed by Angela Davis
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Music of West Africa / Angela Davis.
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Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Arts / produced by William Mandel
Interview, done in Baku, Azerbaijan, on shore of Caspian Sea, September 1977, with two women: first the director of block-square Museum of Azerbaijani Literature and Arts, second a museum tour guide and director of a TV show on the arts. The former is the daughter of school teachers who were the first generation of educated…
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A condemnation of sociobiology / Dr. Seymour Washburn ; interviewed by Laurie Garrett.
Dr. Seymour Washburn, professor of anthropology at University of California, Berkeley, attacks the field of sociobiology. Much of the speech focuses on a critique of E.O. Wilson of Harvard University, the chief proponent of the field of sociobiology, who wields evolutionary arguments to support the ascription of genetic bases to human behaviors. This approach has…
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Dr. Lily Golden-Hanga / interviewed by William Mandel
Autobiographical interview in Moscow with Dr. Lily Golden-Hanga, a Black woman born in the U.S.S.R. of U.S. parentage; mother New York Jewish, father a Tuskagee graduate who in 1931 organized 16 Black Americans with knowledge of modern agriculture to teach it to the colored people of the Soviet Union. Dr. Golden-Hanga got her Moscow PhD…
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Lois Ann Thomas / produced by Joan Medlin (Episode 20)
Feminist folksinger and composer Lois Ann Thomas has long been performing her music for the women’s community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two of her performances were recorded live with a grant from the California Arts Council; the first set was recorded at The Bacchanal, a woman’s bar in Albany, California in February 1977;…
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Katrina Krimsky / produced by Susan Sailow
This episode features the music of Katrina Krimsky, a Bay Area composer, musician, and teacher. Includes an in-studio interview with her. Produced and presented by Susan Sailow. Engineered by Joan Medlin. Music recorded by Tony Ferro, except for “Grace.” Made possible by a grant from the California Arts Council. Self-contained. Track list: 1. continuity —…