http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/anna 2008-09-05T18:46:47Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51084-take-back-labor-day-bus-tour-day-1 2008-09-05T18:46:47Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lDkaddpx39g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lDkaddpx39g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51084-take-back-labor-day-bus-tour-day-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62029" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>day 1 of the SEIU bus tour to Minnesota for labor day</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51084-take-back-labor-day-bus-tour-day-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50907-people-power-silent-voices-26-aug-08-part-2 2008-09-03T16:46:46Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QMUvFBUPUgk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QMUvFBUPUgk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50907-people-power-silent-voices-26-aug-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61822" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Silent Voices exposes the Russian government's control of the press - and the price some journalists pay for freedom of information. </p> <p>The state stands accused by many of covering up the investigation into the well-documented assassination of high-profile journalist Anna Politkovskaya, her death a constant reminder that there are costs for resisting intimidation.</p> <p>Criticism of government policies has almost disappeared from the air waves, except on Echo Moscow, the last liberal radio station left in Russia.</p> <p>Aleksei Venedictov, the chief editor wants his young journalists to be more frightened of his standards than the intimidation tactics of the Russian authorities. He faces continuing bombardment from officials to close the station down and an assailant tried to kill him in 2003 after many death threats. </p> <p>What stands out is that the authorities are not interested in looking for attackers and killers and popular programmes are at risk of being taken off air.</p> <p>Silent Voices investigates Russia's control over the media, what keeps Echo Moscow going and why journalists continue to put themselves in danger.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50907-people-power-silent-voices-26-aug-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50906-people-power-silent-voices-26-aug-2008-part-1 2008-09-04T01:03:26Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WhNwk9Wh9Lg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WhNwk9Wh9Lg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50906-people-power-silent-voices-26-aug-2008-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61821" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Silent Voices exposes the Russian Government's control of the press - and the price some journalists pay for freedom of information. </p> <p>The state stands accused by many of covering up the investigation into the well-documented assassination of high-profile journalist Anna Politkovskaya, her death a constant reminder that there are costs for resisting intimidation.</p> <p>Criticism of government policies has almost disappeared from the air waves, except on Echo Moscow, the last liberal radio station left in Russia.</p> <p>Aleksei Venedictov, the chief editor wants his young journalists to be more frightened of his standards than the intimidation tactics of the Russian authorities. He faces continuing bombardment from officials to close the station down and an assailant tried to kill him in 2003 after many death threats. </p> <p>What stands out is that the authorities are not interested in looking for attackers and killers and popular programmes are at risk of being taken off air.</p> <p>Silent Voices investigates Russia's control over the media, what keeps Echo Moscow going and why journalists continue to put themselves in danger.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50906-people-power-silent-voices-26-aug-2008-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50381-anna-burger-addresses-the-democratic-national-convention 2008-09-05T18:46:49Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6aKrwrcOP5E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6aKrwrcOP5E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50381-anna-burger-addresses-the-democratic-national-convention"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61181" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger addressed the Democratic convention.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50381-anna-burger-addresses-the-democratic-national-convention">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50267-pen-and-pad-press-briefing 2008-09-05T18:46:50Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYARO0q4PMQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PYARO0q4PMQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50267-pen-and-pad-press-briefing"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61050" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Short version of the Pen and Pad Press Briefing</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50267-pen-and-pad-press-briefing">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/50253-anna-previews-her-dnc-speech 2008-09-03T14:47:18Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3cJjFfFHr9w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3cJjFfFHr9w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/50253-anna-previews-her-dnc-speech"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/61034" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Anna talks about the issues she'll be discussing in her speech.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/50253-anna-previews-her-dnc-speech">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/48366-who-killed-anna-politkovskaya-steve-levine 2008-09-02T14:51:32Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CZIdXYHGaY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0CZIdXYHGaY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/48366-who-killed-anna-politkovskaya-steve-levine"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/58218" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/14/Steve_LeVine_The_Dark_Heart_of_the_New_Russia">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Author Steve LeVine discusses the 2006 murder of acclaimed Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, arguing that her death, and the failure to find her killer, are indicative of Russia under the leadership of Vladimir Putin.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Steve LeVine on "Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia."</p> <p>Russia's rich oil reserves are helping the country regain prominence. Under Vladimir Putin and his sucessor, Dmitry Medvedev, nationalism has grown as well.</p> <p>Is it a return to Soviet-era systems and beliefs? Or has the nation moved into a different paradigm?</p> <p>Author Steve LeVine says the country is stained by a "culture of death," from assassinations of state critics to possible Kremlin indifference in hostage crises - The Commonwealth Club of California</p> <p>Steve LeVine covers foreign affairs and energy for BusinessWeek. He is based in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>Previously he was based in Central Asia and the Caucasus for 11 years -- starting two weeks after the Soviet collapse through 2003. He ran The Wall Street Journal bureau for the eight-nation region, and before that covered it for The New York Times.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/48366-who-killed-anna-politkovskaya-steve-levine">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44651-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-2-2 2008-07-19T20:31:58Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0-g7iohe7ew&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0-g7iohe7ew&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44651-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-2-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51071" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War</p> <p>Anna Deavere Smith has been hailed as the most exciting individual in American theater. She has won numerous awards, including two Obies, several Tony nominations and a MacArthur genius grant. She is best known for two plays examining race relations: Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Her latest solo show is called Let Me Down Easy. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44651-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-2-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/44652-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-1-2 2008-07-19T20:31:58Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Li5cQiZxNlU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Li5cQiZxNlU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/44652-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-1-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51072" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War</p> <p>Anna Deavere Smith has been hailed as the most exciting individual in American theater. She has won numerous awards, including two Obies, several Tony nominations and a MacArthur genius grant. She is best known for two plays examining race relations: Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Her latest solo show is called Let Me Down Easy. [includes rush transcript]</p> </div> <a href="/blog/44652-actor-anna-deavere-smith-on-art-in-a-time-of-war-1-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40898-anna-burger-talks-about-the-gap-between-workers-and-the-rich 2008-08-27T08:55:55Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fBfJNvwqiq4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fBfJNvwqiq4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40898-anna-burger-talks-about-the-gap-between-workers-and-the-rich"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46118" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger talks about the growing gap between the workers and the wealthy in America on the second day of the 2008 SEIU Convention. For more news, photos, blogs and video from the 2008 SEIU Convention, visit <a href="http://www.seiu2008.org">www.seiu2008.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40898-anna-burger-talks-about-the-gap-between-workers-and-the-rich">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40897-anna-burger-talks-about-seiu-s-support-for-barack-obama 2008-08-27T08:55:55Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UzPN7XnJQ10&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UzPN7XnJQ10&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40897-anna-burger-talks-about-seiu-s-support-for-barack-obama"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46117" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger talks about SEIU's longtime support of Barack Obama at the 2008 SEIU Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For more news, photos, blogs and video from the 2008 SEIU Convention, visit <a href="http://www.seiu2008.org">www.seiu2008.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40897-anna-burger-talks-about-seiu-s-support-for-barack-obama">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40896-anna-burger-talks-about-seiu-s-accountability-project 2008-08-27T14:57:59Z SEIU <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RQ40jmSiPq8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RQ40jmSiPq8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40896-anna-burger-talks-about-seiu-s-accountability-project"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/46116" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger talks on the convention floor about SEIU's Accountability Project and supporting Donna Edwards in her successful primary race against Rep. Al Wynn from Maryland. For more news, photos, blogs and video from the 2008 SEIU Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, visit <a href="http://www.seiu2008.org">www.seiu2008.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/40896-anna-burger-talks-about-seiu-s-accountability-project">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35564-we-get-duped-when-it-s-dubbed-revised 2008-09-05T20:42:26Z davenold <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hkzAImFI4BY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hkzAImFI4BY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35564-we-get-duped-when-it-s-dubbed-revised"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/39142" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>It's still subtitled</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35564-we-get-duped-when-it-s-dubbed-revised">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32022-people-power-salvadorian-salvation-09-mar-08-pt-2 2008-06-09T21:31:31Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mwIrsOoQbwg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mwIrsOoQbwg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32022-people-power-salvadorian-salvation-09-mar-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34500" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>El Salvador is awash in violence. Fifteen years after the end of a bloody civil war, the small Central American country has become notorious for its vicious street gangs, or maras, as they are called.</p> <p>Among the worst are the Mara 13 and Mara 18 which sell drugs, extort protection money and fight relentlessly for territory. <br /> <br />In Santa Anna, EL Salvador's second largest city, gang members are always on the lookout for new recruits.</p> <p>They pressure youth, many as young as 10, to participate in criminal activities and prove their worth as foot soldiers - or face the consequences.</p> <p>Fear and economic pressures force many to become part of the gang life, setting them on a violent course that too often ends in jail time for capital crimes or tragic death.</p> <p>But an innovative organisation in Santa Ana, Barefoot Angels, has been battling for more than 10 years to shelter kids from violence and away from gang life.</p> <p>Barefoot Angels staff run great risks, along with the children they help, and have witnessed dramatic results.</p> <p>Producers Steve Baum and Adam Raney documented Barefoot Angels' daily struggle for the hearts and souls of EL Salvador's youth.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/32022-people-power-salvadorian-salvation-09-mar-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24111-pollster-anna-greenberg-on-opposition-to-the-iraq-escalation 2008-06-12T03:31:56Z RFDBlog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oKSJ3WUue6I&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oKSJ3WUue6I&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24111-pollster-anna-greenberg-on-opposition-to-the-iraq-escalation"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26121" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/24111-pollster-anna-greenberg-on-opposition-to-the-iraq-escalation">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13008-stephanie-miller-chris-crocker-the-crying-game 2008-09-05T18:43:08Z airamerica <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H16WrxsRz5E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H16WrxsRz5E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13008-stephanie-miller-chris-crocker-the-crying-game"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13080" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.stephaniemiller.com <br />http://www.myspace.com/randirhodes</p> </div> <a href="/blog/13008-stephanie-miller-chris-crocker-the-crying-game">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12106-the-listening-post-anna-politkovskya-07sept-07-part-1 2008-06-17T03:31:19Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ad0PlpIOgE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ad0PlpIOgE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12106-the-listening-post-anna-politkovskya-07sept-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12239" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We examine the ongoing investigation in the murder of the Russian journalist.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/12106-the-listening-post-anna-politkovskya-07sept-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12104-the-listening-post-anna-politkovskya-07sept-07-part-2 2008-06-17T03:31:29Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUvqX2EJttg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUvqX2EJttg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12104-the-listening-post-anna-politkovskya-07sept-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12238" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We examine the ongoing investigation in the murder of the Russian journalist.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/12104-the-listening-post-anna-politkovskya-07sept-07-part-2">Watch the video</a>