The Five Demands — Now Streaming on Docuseek
Essential films for higher education
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74 min. | Closed Captioned
A film by Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss
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The Five Demands tells a riveting story about the student strike that changed the face of higher education. In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New York, an elite public university located in the heart of Harlem. The film follows the students' struggle against the institutional racism that, for over a century, had shut out people of color from this and other public universities.
Revisiting the untold story of this explosive student takeover, The Five Demands proves that a handful of ordinary citizens can band together to take action and effect meaningful change. Fueled by the revolutionary fervor sweeping the nation, the strike soon turned into an uprising, leading to the extended occupation of the campus, classes being canceled, students being arrested, and the resignation of the college president.
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While the film uncovers the story of an explosive student takeover that took place over 50 years ago, it is directly relevant to today's urgent debates over educational equity, affirmative action, racial justice, and how history is taught.
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Meet the Activists & Filmmakers |
Host an intergenerational post-screening discussion or customized workshop on the topics addressed in the film with activists from the 1969 student takeover. Add a filmmaking master class with the co-directors of The Five Demands.
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Docuseek streams essential independent, social-issue and environmental documentaries to colleges and universities, providing exclusive access to content from Bullfrog Films, Icarus Films (including The Fanlight Collection and dGenerate Films), Women Make Movies, Kartemquin Films, National Film Board of Canada, First Run Features, KimStim, First Hand Films, MediaStorm, Scorpion TV, Terra Nova Films, Viewpoint Productions, Film Movement, Deckert Distribution, The Films of Anand Patwardhan, Cinétévé, Tecolote Films, Strange Attractions, Clarity Films, AndanaFilms, 371 Productions, Dutch CORE, Autlook, Collective Eye Films, Distrib Films, and GOOD DOCS. Licenses are available for single titles or collections for periods ranging from one year to Life of File. Interested in a trial for your campus? Contact Elena Wayne, Sales and Marketing Manager, 847-537-0606 or at ewayne@docuseek2.com.
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