Leader 15

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Leader 15 Contents

This "Leader #15" includes 11 short segments covering an array of subjects. The entire show has a run time of an hour and 50 minutes.

1) "Ya Se Pudo" (Lila Kitaeff) covers the recent Radio KPCN "barnraising" in Woodburn, OR, where farmworker unionists found that their money wasn't good enough to buy airtime onmmerical radio to reach their constiuents in the fields. So with the help of Prometheus Radio Project, they made a low power F station in a weekend.
2) "My Fight Too" (Robert Lawson & Kri Weber) KL Shannon is a Seattle activist. Almost anyone who has been to a large demonstration in Seattle will recognize her. This is her story.
3) "Eye of the Storm" (Portland IMC) After an unprovoked police riot in Portland, OR, corporate media all said the same thing: "Someone threw a bottle at the police," But then the Portland Indymedia Center got hold of the Police Dept’s surveillance video tapes, which tell a completely different story. This piece incorporates that purloined police footage in a powerful exposure of the police state.
4) "IP Lies" (Lila Kitaeff) A little ad which asks "How much can you take?"

5) "Tribal Journeys" (Randy Rowland) Every year Coast Salish people paddle their seafaring canoes to a meet-up. These "pulls" are part of an effort to reclaim their native heritage. This piece covers this year’s rendezvous, and features an elder who tells a personal story of how they lost their heritage in the first place.
6) "Red, White, & Brown" (Sukhi Sangheraand and Dan Hammil) After the 911 attacks, a Sikh videographer traveled through rural areas of Washington State, to discover American attitudes toward Muslims and other immigrants.
7) "Immortality of Man" (Brian Liloia) The lowly plastic bag may be humanity’s most durable legacy. This piece will shape your answer when they ask "Paper or plastic?"
8) "Serious about Jesus" (Patricia Boiko) The Christian Peacemaker Teams surfaced into mainstream news for a moment when one of their members, Tom Fox, was killed in Iraq. Another of the team members Reverend Weldon Nisly, lives in Seattle. This piee incorporates footage taken by the Christian Peacemakers as they went int Iraq.
9) "Sgt. Pinocchio" (Lambert Rochfort) This piece mixes animation with interviews and action footage to create a short counter-recruiting piece. Indy videographer Flux Rostrum contributed footage.
10) "Lt. Watada refuses deployment" (Randy Rowland) The first officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq, Lt. Watada speaks of his motivation and principles.
11) "Schooling Baltimore Street" (Kyle Hale-Erby & Lendl Tellington) Shot and edited by youth in the streets, this is what teachers dream of, students fighting for a decent education.