On this Week's Edition of Social Justice Television
Uprising at Seattle School District Headquarters. Teachers, Students and Parents showed up in force to protest school closures and teacher layoffs at the Seattle School District Headquarters. Protesters challenged the school districts budget exposing flaws in expenditures, mismanagement of funds and conflict of interests. For more in formation go to the
Seattle Education Association website.
The Beat Diaries is a video diary of youth in the bay area speaking their truth as they overcome challenges through art, poetry and publishing of
The Beat Within Magazine.
Urban Wilderness Project Restroation of Genesse Park. We tag along with the Urban Wilderness project on Earth Day to learn about invasive species of plants and parks that were once landfills. For more info check out their website http://www.urbanwildernessproject.org/
Interview with Iraq Vet Against the War, Evan Knappenberger. We caught up with Evan in the streets of Seattle at a Protest. Hear what someone who experienced the war first hand has to say about the soldiers experience in this Iraq.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
March 25th Edition of SJTV
On this Week's Editon of Social Justice Television we focus on the Six Year Anniversary of the Iraq War. After trillions of dollars wasted and over one million innocent Iraqi civilians dead there seems to be no end in sight despite Barak Obama's claims he'll bring the troops home only to redeply them in an escalating war in Afghanistan.
Our show starts with Iraqi and American Youth speaking to each other about their perspectives on the Iraq War and how it has affected their lives. Chat the planet is a media project that connects youth from all over ther world and gives gthem the opportunity to speak to each other about what's on their mind.
http://chattheplanet.com/
Next up is a street protest interview with Iraq VeteranEvan Knappenberger as he shares his Iraq War experience. Then we attend an antiwar rally in downtown Seattle orgainzed by WorldCan'tWait.org
where protestors express their outrage by throwing shoes in solidairty Muntadhir Al-Zaidi who gained world wide notoriety by throwing his shoes in protest to George Bush.
The final segment of the show is the Pepper Spray Production video documentary Eye Witness in Iraq - An Unembedded Report by independent Reporter Dahr Jamail who has been reporting the truth of what is occuring in Iraq in defiance of the corporate media whitewash.
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/
Our show starts with Iraqi and American Youth speaking to each other about their perspectives on the Iraq War and how it has affected their lives. Chat the planet is a media project that connects youth from all over ther world and gives gthem the opportunity to speak to each other about what's on their mind.
http://chattheplanet.com/
Next up is a street protest interview with Iraq VeteranEvan Knappenberger as he shares his Iraq War experience. Then we attend an antiwar rally in downtown Seattle orgainzed by WorldCan'tWait.org
where protestors express their outrage by throwing shoes in solidairty Muntadhir Al-Zaidi who gained world wide notoriety by throwing his shoes in protest to George Bush.
The final segment of the show is the Pepper Spray Production video documentary Eye Witness in Iraq - An Unembedded Report by independent Reporter Dahr Jamail who has been reporting the truth of what is occuring in Iraq in defiance of the corporate media whitewash.
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/
Monday, March 16, 2009
In Tribute To Beau
I had the good fortune of meeting Beau last fall while shooting film for our Nickelville show aired last October. While on the shoot, I spoke with many wonderful people who inhabited the camp, and as I was spouting my world view, a Nickelodean suggested I speak with Beau as he thought our world views were quite similar. I sought out Beau, and upon meeting him I immediately felt I had made a friend.
Beau was convivial, intelligent and deeply thoughtful about the human condition, the system of oppression we live under, and our personal responses to the day to day grind. He was a proponent of taking personal responsibility and living in service to others. Beau was truly this way, you could tell just by talking to him, that he really cared about others. I was mesmerized, and we spent an hour and a half sitting on the cold pavement of the Washington State Department of Transportation parking lot that chilly fall afternoon. Unfortunately, I didn't get any of that conversation on film, but it wasn't appropriate, it was just a talk between two guys who hoped the world would be saved.
In the end, Beau recited two poems for me and we exchanged contact info hoping that he would become part of the SJTV crew. Unfortunately, that never transpired.
Several weeks later, I returned to Nickelsville to follow up as the camp had moved to The DayBreak Star Center at Discovery Park. I found Beau there and corralled him into an interview which will be aired this Wednesday. I spoke to him about Nickelsville, but to only capture his perspective on the Camp and it's plight was not enough, and quickly I began to lead him into emparting his truly advanced world view. I am so glad that he gave me the opportunity, and now we have a little something of his perspective that will live on even after he has left us.
I found out last weekend that Beau died in early February. I have tried to ascertain the exact conditions of his death to no avail. I only know that it is reported he died in his sleep.
Beau was young, perhaps in his late thirties. He had been a trucker who had lost his job, and through some bad luck, and runs of depression, found himself on the streets. He was an awesome poet, critical, jagged, timely and punctual. Even homeless he continued to pursue publishing a book of poetry. A dream not fully recognized. Beau had a daughter and a lover in Bali who he had hoped to rejoin. I am deeply saddened his daughter will miss out on having a wonderful man like Beau present in her life. All of this is so tragic, so unfair.
I am grieving now, and although I only knew Beau for a shining instant of my and his life, he made an impression on me I will never forget.
It is my greatest honor to dedicate this show to Aaron "Beau" Beaucage. A man among the very best I have come across, a poet, a father, a philosopher, and a leader.
You will be sorely missed man. Give 'em hell wherever you are.
Love and Revolution,
--Marlin Hathaway
Beau was convivial, intelligent and deeply thoughtful about the human condition, the system of oppression we live under, and our personal responses to the day to day grind. He was a proponent of taking personal responsibility and living in service to others. Beau was truly this way, you could tell just by talking to him, that he really cared about others. I was mesmerized, and we spent an hour and a half sitting on the cold pavement of the Washington State Department of Transportation parking lot that chilly fall afternoon. Unfortunately, I didn't get any of that conversation on film, but it wasn't appropriate, it was just a talk between two guys who hoped the world would be saved.
In the end, Beau recited two poems for me and we exchanged contact info hoping that he would become part of the SJTV crew. Unfortunately, that never transpired.
Several weeks later, I returned to Nickelsville to follow up as the camp had moved to The DayBreak Star Center at Discovery Park. I found Beau there and corralled him into an interview which will be aired this Wednesday. I spoke to him about Nickelsville, but to only capture his perspective on the Camp and it's plight was not enough, and quickly I began to lead him into emparting his truly advanced world view. I am so glad that he gave me the opportunity, and now we have a little something of his perspective that will live on even after he has left us.
I found out last weekend that Beau died in early February. I have tried to ascertain the exact conditions of his death to no avail. I only know that it is reported he died in his sleep.
Beau was young, perhaps in his late thirties. He had been a trucker who had lost his job, and through some bad luck, and runs of depression, found himself on the streets. He was an awesome poet, critical, jagged, timely and punctual. Even homeless he continued to pursue publishing a book of poetry. A dream not fully recognized. Beau had a daughter and a lover in Bali who he had hoped to rejoin. I am deeply saddened his daughter will miss out on having a wonderful man like Beau present in her life. All of this is so tragic, so unfair.
I am grieving now, and although I only knew Beau for a shining instant of my and his life, he made an impression on me I will never forget.
It is my greatest honor to dedicate this show to Aaron "Beau" Beaucage. A man among the very best I have come across, a poet, a father, a philosopher, and a leader.
You will be sorely missed man. Give 'em hell wherever you are.
Love and Revolution,
--Marlin Hathaway
March 18th Edition of SJTV
We dedicate this Edition of Social Justice Television to Aaron "Beau" Beaucage who passed away in his sleep this February. SJTV Producer Marlin Hathaway interviewed Aaron at the homeless Encampment "Nickelsville" last fall. Aaron was an extraordinary human being and will be missed. You can find video footage of Nickelsville on You Tube. Here is a direct link to video taken of Aaron sometime last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5b54AiN2Q
Also on this Week's Show we have Malcolm Gladwell Author of "Outliers" speaking at Seattle Town Hall. Malcolm challenges old myths and strips away false stereotypes and makes some shocking discoveries about human achievment. You have to see it to believe it. HEre is his website abd a brief description of what an Outlier is.
What is an outlier?
"Outlier" is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience. In the summer, in Paris, we expect most days to be somewhere between warm and very hot. But imagine if you had a day in the middle of August where the temperature fell below freezing. That day would be outlier. And while we have a very good understanding of why summer days in Paris are warm or hot, we know a good deal less about why a summer day in Paris might be freezing cold. In this book I'm interested in people who are outliers—in men and women who, for one reason or another, are so accomplished and so extraordinary and so outside of ordinary experience that they are as puzzling to the rest of us as a cold day in August. http://www.gladwell.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5b54AiN2Q
Also on this Week's Show we have Malcolm Gladwell Author of "Outliers" speaking at Seattle Town Hall. Malcolm challenges old myths and strips away false stereotypes and makes some shocking discoveries about human achievment. You have to see it to believe it. HEre is his website abd a brief description of what an Outlier is.
What is an outlier?
"Outlier" is a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience. In the summer, in Paris, we expect most days to be somewhere between warm and very hot. But imagine if you had a day in the middle of August where the temperature fell below freezing. That day would be outlier. And while we have a very good understanding of why summer days in Paris are warm or hot, we know a good deal less about why a summer day in Paris might be freezing cold. In this book I'm interested in people who are outliers—in men and women who, for one reason or another, are so accomplished and so extraordinary and so outside of ordinary experience that they are as puzzling to the rest of us as a cold day in August. http://www.gladwell.com/
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