In today's news, gays can now serve openly in the military. As the debate continues, here is a look at "gay" in the military the government gets behind. Check out the Internet debut of our animation: "The Gay Bomb" (in the closet since 2008.) Animated with Caroline Samponaro.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friday, January 30, 2009
From the March on Washington to the Inauguration
Here is a piece I did for Grit TV. Documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen traveled to Washington for the inauguration with her mother Aishah Rahman, a playwright and professor at Brown University. From the March on Washington to the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, in her work and politics, has followed the arc of American history. Richen talks to her mother about the significance of this inauguration and the Martin Luther King holiday, the March on Washington, and the power of protest politics. She says the feeling in America today is like that of South Africa after apartheid. People are breathing collectively and there is hope.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
IVAW Operation first casualty outside the DNC
Outside the DNC, Iraq Veterans Against the War organized a dramatic re-enactment of the raids they participated in while serving in Iraq. They called it Operation First Casualty.
DNC CodePink Disrupts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
A protest by the anti-war group Code Pink disrupted the Unconventional Women symposium Monday in Denver, delaying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's talk with former U.S. Ambassador Swanee Hunt at the Buell Theatre.
They continued to protest by singing outside the theatre.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
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