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I'd like to tell you about My Friend Ed...
Ed Asner is one of the most celebrated actors of his generation, delighting audiences of all ages, from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant to Elf and Up. But he's also an all-American activist who refuses to budge on his ideals, no matter what anyone thinks. Beneath the tough skin of this crotchety crusader lies the heart of a true warrior for justice.
He is both demonized and idolized for his politics. From the picket lines to the Pentagon, from the Sunset Strip to El Salvador, my friend Ed has fought for the underdog, cursed out the corrupt, and been a thorn in the side of the status quo. He's spent his celebrated life on the front lines of the fight for justice, and even at 83 years old he's still at it!
"My Friend Ed" is a portrait of a patriot. Ed's image is still being distorted by certain members of the media (you know who they are) as he continues to work tirelessly for social justice, animal rights, autism awareness, and many other causes while supporting the arts and young artists all over the country. Not bad for a guy almost 84 years old. He's a model of what's possible when citizen's take the First Amendment to heart.
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A powerful tale of devotion to art
and community...
Faced with the literal life and death
struggle of children facing poverty and violence in
Wilmington, Delaware’s tough Riverside neighborhood,
Twin brothers Al Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha have
a mission: to awaken the revolutionary spirits buried
deep within the souls of an oppressed people through
poetry and social action.
No one who has witnessed a performance
by the Twin Poets can deny the power of their words.
Their kinetic, socially-focused work has made Al and
Nnamdi two of the most recognizable and respected
poets on the spoken word scene.
They have performed with such legends
as The Last Poets, Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, and
Lamont Steptoe, and appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry
Jam, at the Nuyorican Poets Café and the Apollo
Theater in New York, at Philadelphia’s Painted
Bride, Delaware’s Grand Opera House, and New
Jersey’s Atlantic City Uptown Complex.
But despite lucrative offers from hip
hop moguls, and the prospect of fame and fortune,
the twins returned to Wilmington to pursue their true
passion for social work. For the past fifteen years
these two wordsmiths have been warriors on the front
lines of a ravaged community, following in the footsteps
of their father, Civil Rights Activist William “Hicks”
Anderson. Their art has become a tool for action,
their words a source of hope and inspiration.
A new documentary film by Hearts and
Minds Film chronicles the amazing story of these two
leaders, as indivisible from each other as they are
from their goals and dreams. Their boundless artistic
energy and their dedication to their community are
a model for all young men to follow.
Tutors, mentors, community activists,
leaders, scholars, summa cum laude graduates, allies,
soldiers, father-figures, artists, teachers, counselors,
historians, social workers, brothers, friends, fathers,
sons.
All of theses titles can be summed into
one name: The Twin Poets.
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Website:
Watch it on YouTube!
Status: In Distribution (Click HERE
to order)
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Honoring the Legacy...
On August
28, 1963, the great civil rights activist and humanitarian,
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired the world when
he publicly challenged this great democracy to at
last fulfill its promises to all Americans.
Nearly 45 years later, the words and
sentiments of Dr. King's landmark address, "I
Have a Dream" take on fresh and powerful meaning
when combined with the voices of Delaware's Children.
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Website:
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Status: In Distribution (Contact
us for ordering information)
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Lest We Forget...
A 30-minute documentary
film, specifically designed for use in high-school
classrooms throughout the state of Delaware. The film
will focus on the riots that took place in Wilmington
after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. in 1968, and the subsequent 9-month occupation
of Wilmington by the National Guard. Interviews with
Civil Rights pioneers, historic images and footage,
and discussion with news reporters and influential
community members will form the content of the project.
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Status: In Distribution
(Click HERE
to order)
(Contact Sharon Baker for
Underwriting Details at
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A Changing America...
Sussex County, Delaware, is the largest
chicken-producing county in America. With four companies
operating twelve processing plants in the region,
the industry has been largely dependent on an immigrant
labor force over the last decade. In the last ten
years, thousands of Hispanics have migrated to Delaware
in search of employment in its chicken plants, and
a peace that has eluded their central-American homes.
Who are these new Americans, and where
do they come from? Guatemalans account for the majority
of this immigration wave: the largest in Delaware
since the turn of the last century. Georgetown is
the epicenter of this new population boom, with Hispanics
now accounting for almost half of the town's population.
There were just 75 Hispanic residents in Georgetown
in 1990, exploding to 1,398 by the year 2000. Sussex
County's Hispanic population grew from 1,476 to 6,915
in that time, an increase of 368%.
The producers follow the immigrant experience
as it is happening in one small American town. With
examinations of where this particular population came
from and their experience of the transition. An intimate
portrait of a changing America develops through views
of places of employment, the schools the children
attend, and the organizations dedicated to providing
the necessary social services and outlets for cultural
expression.
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Website: www.brownvboard.info
Status: In Distribution (Click HERE
for ordering information)
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The Promise of Democracy...
May 17, 2004 marked
the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's monumental
decision in the cases collectively known as Brown
v. Board of Education, which struck down the notion
of "separate but equal" education and ended
legalized segregation in America's public schools.
The Brown petition represented six separate cases:
in Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, the District
of Columbia and Delaware.
Referred to by many legal
scholars as the "case of the century", Brown
helped launch the civil rights movement that challenged
America's race relations and social structure over
the following decades. The legal precedent set in
this groundbreaking case still serves as model for
human rights activism throughout the world today.
But a half-century later, scholars and community leaders
are still struggling to ensure that equal educational
opportunities are indeed offered to all citizens.
This essential study addresses the most pressing questions
about race and ethnicity in America…then and
now.
This program examines the
unique legal strategies employed by the NAACP and
the Legal Defense Fund, Inc., to combat school segregation
in the courts, uncovers the split public sentiment
that fueled the social structure of the "Jim
Crow" era, addresses the successes and failures
in the implementation of desegregation, and most importantly,
analyzes the role of diversity and multicultural education
in America today.
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Website: www.riskystuff.com
Status: In Distribution (Click HERE
for ordering information)
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Are you getting involved
in Risky Stuff?
According to the Centers for Disease
Control, 50% of all new HIV/AIDS infections are occurring
in people between the ages of 13 and 24. In a report
issued in July of 2002, the Henry J. Kaiser Family
Foundation reported that, "While HIV/AIDS has
always been an epidemic of young people, the current
impact may well be but the tip of the iceberg. If
current trends persist, the number of young people
living with HIV/AIDS could rise from the current estimate
of 12.4 million to 21.5 million by the end of the
decade."
Serviam Media, in partnership with AIDS
prevention organizations, is addressing this issue
with a new video program for classroom use, Risky
Stuff. The video utilizes young voices and a pop-culture
production design geared to engage junior high, and
younger high school students, in a discussion about
these very important issues.. A companion facilitator's
guide provides ideas for engaging students in conversations
about these important issues.
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