Program

Lady Macbeth: moral scapegoat

A talk by John Monteverde, associate professor of English at San Diego State College, who challenges the traditional view of Lady Macbeth as goader and prodder. This interpretation returns the focus of the play to Macbeth as tragic hero, engineer of his own downfall, and places the moral responsibility for the tragedy entirely upon Macbeth himself.

Art and mythology of India

Clare Spark talks with Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, the curator for Islamic and Indian art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The role of mythology in Indian tradition, especially as regards the Heeramaneck collection.

Sherwood Anderson Documentary (Part 2 of 2)

Sherwood Anderson Documentary. Examination of Anderson's life and work. BROADCAST: WBAI, 26 May 1962.

WBAI Folio notes, May 26 1963: A literary and biographical portrait by his friends and critics, produced for Pacifica by Dick Elmon. Featured on this program are the recorded contributions of Floyd Dell, Ernestine Evans, John Cournos, B. W. Huebsch, Paul Green, Max Eastman, Christopher Sergei, Maxwell Geismar, Edward Dahlberg, Waldo Frank and James Schevill.

Sherwood Anderson Documentary (Part 1 of 2)

Sherwood Anderson Documentary. Examination of Anderson's life and work. BROADCAST: WBAI, 26 May 1962.

WBAI Folio notes, May 26 1963: A literary and biographical portrait by his friends and critics, produced for Pacifica by Dick Elmon. Featured on this program are the recorded contributions of Floyd Dell, Ernestine Evans, John Cournos, B. W. Huebsch, Paul Green, Max Eastman, Christopher Sergei, Maxwell Geismar, Edward Dahlberg, Waldo Frank and James Schevill.

Indians On Alcatraz : First Anniversary

The program opens with Denny Smithson speaking to two Indians on the boat going to Alcatraz. This is followed by an interview with John Trudell, chief spokesman for Alcatraz island, conducted by Denny Smithson as they sit in the sun on a retaining wall in the upper courtyard of the island, followed by a press conference with John Trudell and LaNada Means.

Women's liberation day: New York, San Francisco and Berkeley rallies of August 26, 1970

A documentary on the nationwide women's rights demonstrations known as the Women's Strike for Equality that took place across the country on August 26, 1970. This recording includes reports from the rallies that occurred in New York City, San Francisco and Berkeley.

An interview with Cesar Chavez

Alexander Hoffmann, an attorney who worked with the Delano Grape Strike, talks with the leader of the strike, Cesar Chavez, at his offices in Delano on July 11,1970.

Report From Los Angeles (Part 2 of 2)

A documentary of the violence and looting in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, prepared from field recordings made on the scene by Al Silbowitz and Walter Thompson in August 1965. Includes interviews with spectators and participants in the looting, spokesmen for the Black Muslims and for civil rights groups, and critics of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Report From Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

A documentary of the violence and looting in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, prepared from field recordings made on the scene by Al Silbowitz and Walter Thompson in August 1965. Includes interviews with spectators and participants in the looting, spokesmen for the Black Muslims and for civil rights groups, and critics of the Los Angeles Police Department.

C.O.R.E.'s 24th National Convention, June 30, 1967 (Part 2 of 2)

This is the second half of the rally that was the opening session of the Congress of Racial Equality's National Convention and 24th anniversary, held at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on June 30, 1967. The speakers on the first reel were Dick Gregory, Muhammad Ali, and Donald Warren.

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