American Women — International women
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Poland / Karel Kovanda interviewed by Dorothy Healey
Karel Kovanda, a Czechoslovakian who emigrated to the United States in 1970 at the age of 25, speaks with Dorothy Healey on conditions in Poland. He gives his opinions on the significance of recent events in Poland which culminated in victories for trade unions, as well as the topic of censorship. Left channel (Kovanda’s mike)…
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Behind the violent headlines : the Zimbabwean guerrilla struggle today / Naomi Nhiwatiwa and Prosper Takawira interviewed by Anita Frankel.
Naomi Nhiwatiwa was a delegate from the U.S. branch of Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) to a ZANU women’s conference in Mozambique in May 1979. Prosper Takawira is the treasurer of the U.S. section of ZANU. They talked with Anita Frankel in July 1979 about what hey believe is now happening in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), and…
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So you’ve heard it before / produced by Susan Anderson and Pearl Skotnes.
This is the story of South African Black women under apartheid, portrayed through women’s poetry, writing and music. Includes descriptions of the Sharpville Massacre and the Soweto Uprising, poetry by Susan Anderson and Zindzi Mandela, daughter of the banished Nomzamo Winnie Mandela and Nelson Mandela, ANC leader serving life prison sentence on Robben Island; excerpts…
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The two Evitas / Nancy Hollander ; interviewed by Clare Spark.
Historian and filmmaker Nancy Hollander critiques the musical Evita, describing how Eva Peron’s life and historic role have been distorted. Hollander is a member of LUCHA, a film collective whose documentary “Communique from Argentina” won first prize in a German film festival in 1978. Produced by Clare Spark.