Program

Do or die: gang life in South-Central Los Angeles

Leon Bing, former model and writer on gang life for the L.A. Weekly and Harper's Magazine, discusses her exploration of gang life in South Central Los Angeles with Karole Selmon. She discusses the Crips and the Bloods, her personal relationships with some of the family members, the origins of gang activity, and the continuous spread of gangs to other communities - even to other states.

AIDS/US II : real life stories / produced by Lucia Chappelle.

Radio drama featuring stories of people with AIDS, their friends, and their families, as told by the people themselves. Written by James Carroll Pickett, directed by Michael Kerns, and presented by Artists Confronting AIDS.|AIDS/US II : REAL LIFE STORIES / produced by Lucia Chappelle.

The writing on the wall: the great wall of Los Angeles

The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a mural designed by Judith Baca located in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley that depicts the history of California through a series of panels, beginning with prehistory and proceeding through to the 20th century. The mural, which mostly depicts minority histories in the city (e.g.

The Rose lot evictions / produced by Tony Wilde.

Documentary report on Los Angeles City plans to clear out 30,000 indigents from the city before the 1984 Olympic games. Includes interviews of the homeless, police, local attorneys, developers and government officials.|THE ROSE LOT EVICTIONS / produced by Tony Wilde.

Yoko Ono interview / by Barbara Cady.

Musician and artist Yoko Ono discusses the feminist movement and its relationship to the mass media with KPFK's Barbara Cady. Ono and Cady discuss how women's art and writing is ignored by the media, dissect some of the criticisms of the women's movement, and discuss some of Ono's recent art. Contains some sensitive language. Identical to BC1357.

New York, capitol of the 20th century / Elizabeth Hardwick

Novelist and critic Elizabeth Hardwick presents "New York, Capitol of the 20th Century" at the UCLA English Department's annual Ewing Lecture, April 21 and 22, 1981. The talk was presented in two parts on KPFK. In part one, “Pastoral memories,” Hardwick discusses the images of “Old New York” in 19th century American writing.

Women's concert (II): works by women composers at the Bing Theater

Women classical musicians performing music by women composers. Recorded at the Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 21, 1977. Part one composers and pieces are the following: Sonata in A minor for piano / Marianne Martinez. Nocturne in B-flat for piano / Maria Szymanowska. Three etudes for piano / Maria Szymanowska. String quartet, 1931 / Ruth Crawford.

Shigeko Sasamori addresses Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Shigeko Sasamori, a "Hiroshima Maiden" who survived the dropping of the atomic bomb during WWII, discusses her disfigurement, how Mr. Norman Cousins brought her and twenty five other young women to the U.S. in 1955 for plastic surgery, and on her current life as a nurse and an ambassador. Talk delivered at the Physicians for Social Responsibility conference at UCLA, year unknown (ca.

Women unbound

Helene Rosenbluth and Eloise Klein Healy visited the People's Republic of China in April 1982. This program is produced from interviews they did with women in Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi'an and Beijing (Peking) about the changing lives of women in modern China. The interviews are bilingual and translated through an interpreter.

We remember Jean Donovan / produced by Blase Bonpane and Chuck Moore.

Pat and Ray Donovan, parents of Jean Donovan, one of four American nuns who was murdered in El Salvador, are interviewed by KPFK commentator Blase Bonpane on December 24, 1980. Actor David Clennon also talks about Jean, as well as his visit to El Salvador to discover more about the death of Michael Kline, another American slain in El Salvador. Produced by Chuck Moore.

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