COLUMBIA REVOLT
“No class today, no ruling class tomorrow!”
In May 1968 a group of over 300 students captured Columbia University in New York City. They fought with police and occupied key buildings of one of America’s most prestigious higher education establishments.
Students had been on strike a few weeks earlier demanding that plans be scrapped for a racially segregated gymnasium development. Also, during spring, it had been uncovered that there were links between the campus administration and the US government’s Department of Defense. Research was being carried out at Columbia which would support the continuation of the war in Vietnam.
The film shows how the students organized themselves spontaneously and without leadership during a time of radical protest and rioting.
Columbia Revolt was made in 1968 by a group of independent filmmakers called Newsreel and it was shot mostly by Melvin Margolis. It was filmed in a cinema verité style and features voiceovers from the participants in the struggle.
WEDNESDAY 21ST MAY 2008 at 7:30pm
₤4 inc delicious veggie food (film starts at 8pm).
Café Crema, 306 New Cross Road SE14
Bus: 53, 453, 177, 225,171, 172,136, 321
Train and Tube: New Cross or New Cross Gate, DLR Deptford Bridge (7 min walk)
