Experimental uses of silence and ambient noises in music; an interview with composer Arne Nordheim; recorded works by Rolf Lumsden, Ken Jafkowicz, and Knute Victor.
Simone de Beauvoir (b.1908- d.1986) French writer, intellectual, political activist, and feminist is interviewed by Studs Terkel in 1960. For 1977 broadcast, narrator Janet Dodson reads excerpts from de Beauvoir's books, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, Prime of Life, All Said and Done and The Second Sex. Recording ends abruptly (perhaps part 1 of 2?) RECORDED: May 4, 1960.
Highlights from the February 12th, 1977 March and Rally for Integration from Downtown Los Angeles to the Board of Education building to bring about a realistic integration program to Los Angeles schools. The rally occurred after the integration plan submitted by the Citizens Advisory Committee on School Integration (CACSI) to the Board of Education was drastically modified before its adoption.
Readings from a proposal by Gerald O'Neill in the CO-evolution Quarterly for orbiting space cities; arguments for and against the project.|THE O'NEILL SPACE COLONIES / produced by Joe Adams. - Selected readings from the original proposal for orbiting space cities, as proposed by Gerald O'Neill in the Co-Evolution Quarterly.
This documentary examines working conditions, alleged abuses, the role of the unions, the plight of undocumented workers, and other problems facing the garment industry in Los Angeles.