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Two poets read / Sotere Torregian and Diane Di Prima.

Poets Sotère Torregian and Diane Di Prima read their poems at a benefit performance for Heirs Magazine at Project Artaud in San Francisco on July 23, 1971, sponsored by the Neighborhood Arts Program. Torregian reads "Plebiscite" (the recording cuts in while his reading was in progress).

Live animal room / produced by Erik Bauersfeld and Clay Grillo.

A visit to the Josephine D. Randall Junior Museum in San Francisco. The children play tree to a boa constrictor and are led on a sawdust safari by Assistant Life-Science Curator Juanita Richardson. Director A. Kirk Conragan discusses some of the other activities at this busy institution on top of Corona Heights. Produced by Erik Bauersfeld and Clay Grillo.

Women in rock groups / produced by Linda Eldon and Judy Parker.

A production concerned with feminism in rock music and rock culture. A moving analysis of the plight of female rock stars, groupies, and assorted "chicks" as reflected in lyrics, letters, and sketches. Written by Linda Eldon and Judy Parker and produced by the Women's Center for Feminist Theater for KPFK.

Women Filmmakers / produced by Charles Senger and Portia Shapiro.

This program is a review of six independent films produced by women filmmakers which were shown at the San Francisco Art Institute on July 15 under the auspices of the Canyon Cinematheque.

Barbara Loden : director / introduced by Albert Johnson.

Barbara Loden (July 8, 1932 – September 5, 1980), writer, director and producer of the film "Wanda" (1970) discusses women in the film industry before a San Francisco Film Festival audience. Some of the questions asked by the audience are about Loden's filmmaking process, the film's political message, and why she chose to set the film in eastern Pennsylvania.

The Wennesland collection

KPFA's Bob Sitton interviews Dr. Reidar Wennesland, one of the foremost patrons and collectors of art by Beat-era artists, and artist Arthur Monroe. The Norwegian-born Wennesland, whose medical practice was based in the North Beach district of San Francisco, often accepted paintings in lieu of money for his services.

Radical psychiatry and women's oppression / Hogie Wyckoff ; introduced by Claude Steiner.

In July of 1970, Dr. Claude Steiner, one of the founders of the Rap Center of Berkeley, offered a course in Radical Psychiatry at the Free University of Berkeley. This presentation of the course is on women's oppression and how he now deals with it in his groups.

Janice Mirikatani, Joaquin Legaspi and Momo Yashima / interviewed by Frank Chin.

Frank Chin interviews Janice Mirikatani, the editor of Aion magazine, a journal of Asian-American writing; Joaquin Legaspi, a writer and activist who is on the faculty of the Asian Studies department at San Francisco State; and Momo Yashima, actor and member of the Brotherhood of Artists, a group of Asian-American artists who are protesting the casting of a Caucasian actor in a Japanese part in

Men thought to be the enemy / Alta ; interviewed by Eleanor Sully.

Alta (1942 - ) reads a prose piece accompanied by flutist Curly Hummingbird. Presented by Eleanor Sully. Broadcast on International Women's Day, March 8, 1971.

Equal justice or "Law & order"

At a commemoration of Law Day held by the Alameda County Bar Association. Student Lynn Rose discusses changing society; Californian Attorney General Evelle Younger refutes her remarks.

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