"We Have No Word for Art" / "Columbus Day Blockade" (videos)

Gary S. Trujillo (gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us)
Mon, 9 Dec 1996 12:17:13 -0500 (EST)

I have just gotten a call from Rogulja Wolf, who produced a 55 minute
video called "We Have No Word for Art," which is being shown this week,
along with "Columbus Day Blockade" as part of a series called "On This
Land: Indigenous Legacies in the Americas," which is being carried by
cable TV systems across the United States. Mr. Wolf called me because
I had suggested to the contact person for Free Speech TV, which is the
distributor of the series, that it might be possible to set up some
mailing list based conversations with the artists responsible for doing
the features in the series. I tried to do so with a couple of features
a couple of weeks ago with the NATCHAT list after the producers of two
videos that were being shown that week contacted me - but nothing ever
came of the suggestion, for whatever reason.

Here are brief descriptions of the two videos being carried this week.
I believe each is just under an hour.

"We Have No Word for Art" (Rogulja Wolf)
Focuses on the essence of American Indian painting: the unbroken tradition
of creative expression that reaches the roots of Indian culture.

"Columbus Day Blockade" (Lori Windle)
An account of the successful efforts of American Indian Movement (AIM)
leaders Russell Means, Ward Churchill, Cohuilla Red Elk, and Glen Morris
to stop the 1991 Columbus Day Parade in Denver, Colorado.

You can see this video if it is carried by your local cable company some
time this week. For more information, please see the Free Speech TV Web
page at "http://www.freespeech.org/tier12graph.htm" You will need to get
in touch with your local station cable company to get information on the
date and time this series is being shown, or call Giselle Pellikan at
Free Speech TV (303-442-5693).

Mr. Wolf (who goes by the name "Wolf" as if it were his first name) would
be willing to be in touch with anyone who might care to comment on or
discuss his video. I said that I might be able to set up a special-purpose
mailing list for the purpose if enough people seem interested. His address
is "wolf@stonecircle.com" I have asked him to send me the addresses of
anyone who would like to be part of a group discussion.

Gary

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    Gary S. Trujillo                            gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us
Somerville, Massachusetts                   {bu.edu,spdcc,cdp}!gnosys!gst