COLUMBIA REVOLT (Newsreel #14)

• Venue: Spectacle Theater
• Address: 124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY
• Dates & Times: Saturday, May 16th at 5 PM, followed by a Q&A.
• Artists/Performers: Newsreel (filmmaker collective)
• Activity Description: This is a screening of "COLUMBIA REVOLT," a 59-minute film produced in 1968 by Newsreel, an activist film collective that documented political and social unrest. Preserved by Third World Newsreel and newly digitized, the film documents the student occupation of five Columbia University buildings in April 1968. This protest, led by Students for a Democratic Society and the Society of Afro-American Students, highlighted Columbia's links to Vietnam War funding and a proposed gymnasium project in Morningside Heights. The revolt led to the university abandoning the gymnasium project and disaffiliating from the Institute for Defense Analyses.
• Language: English