DVD available through Progressive Films: progressivefilms.com/on-strike-ethnic-studies.html
ON STRIKE makes an encapsulated, incisive study of the context and events that led up to the Ethnic Studies demonstrations, hunger strikes, and student arrests that surprisingly roiled the UC Berkeley campus in May 1999. Opening with a quick historical study of the struggle that established Ethnic Studies in the late sixties, this record of modern-day activism soon moves into the urgent present-time, detailing the nineties' twLF (Third World Liberation Front) movement and their pitched battle against the university administration.
DVD available through Progressive Films: http://www.progressivefilms.com/on-strike-ethnic-studies.html
ON STRIKE makes an encapsulated, incisive study of the context and events that led up to the Ethnic Studies demonstrations, hunger strikes, and student arrests that surprisingly roiled the UC Berkeley campus in May 1999. Opening with a quick historical study of the struggle that established Ethnic Studies in the late sixties, this record of modern-day activism soon moves into the urgent present-time, detailing the nineties' twLF (Third World Liberation Front) movement and their pitched battle against the university administration.
Directed by: Irum Shiekh
Runtime: 35 minutes
Release year: 1999
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Directed by: Irum Shiekh
Runtime: 35 minutes
Release year: 1999
