Alinsky Films

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From: Ashwani Vasishth <vasishth@usc.edu>

The Independent Television Service has a documentary on Saul Alinsky. http://www.itvs.org/programs/summary_prog.html

Abstract: The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy Bob Hercules Documentary 56:40

Legendary organizer Saul Alinsky led the movement to empower disenfranchised communities through collective action. Now others have taken up the challenge. The Democratic Promise examines Alinsky's life and adaptive legacy through work being done by two contemporary "people's organizations". --- The Film and Video Library at the University of Michigan maintains a website, "Remote Resources on Film, Video and Television," with many useful links, at http://asa.ugl.lib.umich.edu/libhome/FVL.lib/remote.html --- The National Film Board of Canada at http://www.nfb.ca/E/index.html

has a full text search engine at http://www.nfb.ca/E/4/5/wais.html

which shows: 1.Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 1: CYC Toronto (1000) 2.Encounter with Saul Alinsky - Part 2: Rama Indian Reserve (990) 3.Saul Alinsky Went to War (898) 4.Battle Is Our Business (222) 5.Deciding to Organize (190) 6.A Continuing Responsibility (190) 7.Onions and Garlic (Hebrew Fable) (177) 8.People and Power (169) 9.Building an Organization (167) 10.Through Conflict to Negotiation (166) 11.Discussions in Bioethics: The Old Person's Friend (158) 12.The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (158) 13.Bambinger (156) 14.Falling Over Backwards (149)

-- Ashwani Vasishth vasishth@usc.edu (213) 737-7875 1041 S. Gramercy Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90019 ============================================== School of Urban and Regional Planning, VKC 351 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 ==============================================

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From: Gilles Beauchamp <beaucham@chc-ccs.org>

You could ask at this adress, for video copies of the films...

USA: National Film Board of Canada 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 16th Floor New York, NY 10020 U.S.A. Phone number: (212) 596-1770

Fax number: (212) 596-1779

e-mail: Johnnfbc@aol.com

-- - - - - You could also consult the catalog-collection of films on the site of National film board: http://www.nfb.ca/E/4/5/mot.html

Making a search on Alinsky within this page and you'll have all the films on Alinsky listed...

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From: homeoffice@cool2serve.org (COOL - Campus Outreach Opportunity League)

At the University of Houston (where I was a student in the late 80's-90's) we had the Alinsky film series in our library. (As a matter of fact, at one point I was the first person to request them in 20 years). They are *great* and I know that one of my former professors there, Robert Fisher, in the Grad School of Social Work now uses them for some of his classes.

I too would love to hear if anyone knows how they may be obtained on video.

Lloyd Jacobson, MSW COOL - National Programs Director

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From: Alison Eisinger <minerva@u.washington.edu>

A good source for hard-tp-find documentaries is First Run/Icarus Films, at 153 Waverly Place, 6th Floor, New York City, NY 10014 (tel. 212.727.1711; fax: 212.989.7649; email FRIF@ECHONYC.COM). The most current catalogue I have doesn't include the Alinsky films, but they get new stock all the time, and judging from what they do carry, I would imagine that people there would be interested in tracking down the films in question.

Alison Eisinger

School of Social Work School of Public Health University of Washington Seattle, WA

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Posted by Wendy Plotkin <u13972@uicvm.uic.edu>

Andy Van Kleunen asks about the Canadian Broadcast Corporation films about Saul Alinsky produced in the 1960s.

I cannot answer his question about the availability of the films themselves, but the transcripts of the films are available from the CAN Organize Training Center (OTC). Information on price and ordering is included the the OTC publications list, available at

http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~urban/comm-org/otc

Wendy Plotkin Dept. of History University of Illinois at Chicago

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From: EBEATON@CAPER2.uccb.ns.ca

Hi. Probably someone has informed you by now, but most of the CBC documentaries can be found at the National Archives, Film Div. in Ottawa.

Good luck.

Elizabeth Beaton University College of Cape Breton Sydney, Nova Scotia

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From: "Dr. Gerardo Maupome" <maupome@unixg.ubc.ca>

I know the Sedgewick/Koerner Library at UBC (phone (604) 822 5424) has good copies of at least 2 or 3 of those videos. They are undergoing major facilities changes at the present time. Regards, Gerardo Maupome

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From: msantow@sas.upenn.edu (Mark Santow)

hi folks:

I have transcripts for the alinsky films; you can write to the National Film Board of Canada for them, for a nominal fee. I believe that the NFBC has an office in NYC, where you can view the films as well. there are a few which are also available at university libraries -- check RLIN. I'm not at my office at the moment; when I've got the specifics in front of me, I'll post something.

mark santow