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The Flying Focus Video Collective
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Portland, OR 97232
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Streaming Videos table of contents

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Current clips are: Page 1 (this page) Multicultural Issues/Indigenous People Healing Work(Restorative Action Project #1) NEW! 2/13 Turning Point (Restorative Listening Project #5) Real Questions (Restorative Listening Project #3) Porches and Smiles (Restorative Listening Project #2) Nathan McCall: The Effects of Gentrification Diversity and Thriving in Schools Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Nichole Maher Retrospectives 20 Years of Flying Focus (20th Busiversary) 16th Busiversary Teaser Clip Fifteen Years of Flying Focus Page 2 Civil Rights/Police Accountability Portland Black Panthers and the Media David Hilliard and the Black Panthers Civil Liberties 2011: Can We Be Safe and Free? New! 2/13 Civil Liberties 2009: Are We Still At Risk? Minority Profiling 101 (with Andrea Ritchie) New! 2/13 Community Dialogue on Racial Profiling Health Care Alternatives Rethinking Psychiatry Rep. John Conyers: Single Payer Health Care Dr. Margaret Flowers: Health Care for All MindFreedom: Mental Health Choice and Empowerment	Page 3 Foreign Affairs Liu Xiaobo and the Nobel Peace Prize Peruvians Say "Go Home Bush!" A Nonvilent Response to Genocide Update on Burma Vietnam and Agent Orange War and Peace, Nuclear Issues Iraq 8 Years Later: How is the War Economy Working for You? (2011) Kathy Kelly: War and Peace in Afghanistan Iraq, Six Years Later: Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad (March 15, 2009) Hiroshima Day 2008: Remembering the Past to Change the Future Page 4 Economic Justice, Workers' Issues (Labor) Not Waiting for Superman Women Confronting Globalization Environmental Justice Oil Spill Update (Gulf of Mexico 2011) Cell Phones: What Can They Hurt? Organizing for Change Organizing on the Left
Multicultural Issues/Indigenous People
Healing Work (Restorative Action Project #1) Clips from the first "Restorative Action Project" video feature Sr. Pastor Don Frazier talking about his multi-cultural ministry at Genesis Community Fellowship and differences between races, and Macceo Pettis speaking of his work with inter-racial dialogues, the importance of spirituality and releasing negativity. (The Restorative Action Project succeeded the Restorative Listening project in 2011.) The full program (VB #82.10&11) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage. The full program (VB #78.2&3) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]	Coming soon: Clips from Restorative Listening Project #4: Development of Gentrification in N/NE Portland
Turning Point (Restorative Listening Project #5) After several years focusing on the effects of gentrification in Portland, the "Restorative Listening Project" took a look at whether the ongoing forums to bring the concerns of the African American community to the white population moving into traditionally black neighborhoods were still effective. Here, RLP co-chair John Canda reflects on the past, present and future. The full program (VB #78.2&3) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]	Real Questions (Restorative Listening Project #3) Senior Pastor Don Frazier of the inter-racial Genesis Community Fellowship Congregation shares experiences about growing up in North Portland and how gentrification affected the community. He called upon people moving into a new neighborhood to learn its history and ask themselves some "real questions." The full program (VB #71.6&7) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]
Porches and Smiles (Restorative Listening Project #2) Community activists Noni Cause and John Canda discuss the effects of gentrification on North and Northeast Portland. The whole program also includes Charles Ford, a community elder. Themes include the importance to the community of front porches, smiles, and eye contact, and moving from harm to hope. The full program (VB #70.11&12) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]	Nathan McCall: The Effects of Gentrification (Restorative Listening Project #1) McCall is the best-selling author of "Makes Me Wanna Holler" and "Them" and is a lecturer for Emory University in Atlanta. In January, 2008, he visited Concordia University in Portland, OR, where he read an excerpt from "Them", a book which explores the ramifications of well-to-do whites moving into poor black neighborhoods. In this clip, he shares some of his personal feelings about politics and race. The full program (VB #68.11 & 12) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]
Diversity and Thriving in Schools Author Sonia Nieto visited Portland and talked about her research into what makes schools and teachers thrive, including the benefits of teaching in multicultural classrooms. The whole talk (VB #77.12&13) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage and is streaming on line at the Northwest Teaching for Social Justice website and on our site. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]	"Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Nichole Maher (Tlingit)" This is a 2-minute clip features Maher, a Native leader who serves as the Executive Director of Portland's Native American Youth and Family Center, speaking on ideas of what "sustainability" means to her. It is part of a series of interviews conducted by David Hall, Ph.D. Candidate at Portland State University. The full program (VB #65.5) is available for a donation of $8 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage, and for $11 in a two-part package with "Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Roberta Conner (Cayuse)" (VB #66.3). [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]
Retrospectives
20 Years of Flying Focus This 8 minute clip is a retrospective of our first 20 years using video as a tool for social change, voicing the voiceless. It features audio from KBOO's "Behind the Screen" interview with two of our cofounding members. The clips stretch back to our pre-Flying Focus days of "Peace Action Network" in 1991, and include excerpts from a variety of shows on human and animal rights, war and peace, media analysis, and much more. This clip was presented as part of the "Twentieth Busiversary" The full one hour Twentieth Busiversary (VB #81.7&8) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage and features producers introducing clips from programs produced between December 2010 and October 2011. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]	16th Busiversary Teaser Clip: This is a 3-minute clip compiled for PCM's Producer Showcase in November 2007, using video from our "Sixteenth Busiversary" with clips from November 2006-October 2007. The assignment was to spend the first 90 seconds explaining who we are and what we do and share clips from our work. Short clips appear from "Native Perspectives on Sustainability: Nichole Maher"; "No More Invasions, No More Wars"; "Middle East WILPF Women London 9/06"; "The Chick Who Always Talks About Atrocities in the Congo at Parties"; and "Lynne Stewart: Attorney on Trial." The full one hour Sixteenth Busiversary (VB #65.8&9) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage and features producers introducing clips from programs produced between December 2006 and October 2007. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]
	Fifteen Years of Flying Focus: This is an 8-minute clip compiled for our "Fifteenth Busiversary" looking back at the years 1991- 2006 and some of the various topics, individuals, and musical performers featured on the Flying Focus Video Bus. The full one hour Fifteenth Busiversary (VB #61.7&8) is available for a donation of $11 (DVD/VHS) plus $4 postage and also features producers introducing clips from all the new programs produced between December 2005 and October 2006. [Back to catalog] [Back to newsletter] [Back to top]

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