How editing can dramatically alter a sound recording's meaning; includes lecture excerpt by Vern Knutsen and William Moran of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections.
On the legal problems facing Paul Skyhorse and Richard Mohawk, American Indian defendants charged with murder. American Indian Movement leaders George Martin and Ernie Peters and defense team members Jack Schwartz and Wendy Eaton discuss the case. Broadcast on KPFK, June 23, 1977.
Two American Indian Movement activists charged with murder discuss prison conditions, political prisoners, and their case in a phone interview conducted from the Los Angeles County Jail.
Japanese poet Kazuko Shiraishi reads from her work in a bilingual presentation. Widely acclaimed in her own country, New Directions has published a volume of her work selected from her more than 26 books of poetry. Translation read by Michelle Lofting. Produced for KPFK by Paul Vangelisti and Evanda Silver. Program is self-contained. Much in Japanese.