Advocacy & Activism

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"Car Thief Cops" (3 minutes)

Police officers are forcing people to choose between time behind bars or turning over their money and property -- all without ever making an arrest.

This video is part of the Prison Profiteers series produced by Brave New Foundation's Beyond Bars campaign in partnership with the ACLU and The Nation. Narration by Henry Rollins. Research help provided by Prison Legal News.

"Jazree's Court" (8 minutes)

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"Nowhere To Go But Jail?" (6 minutes)

As documented in this short video by Brave New Films, Salt Lake City decided to give homeless people supportive shelter instead of throwing them in jail -- resulting not only in an extraordinary amount of savings on tax dollars but also returning respect back to those who were living on the street.

"How the Prison-Industrial Complex Kills People For Profit" (3 minutes)

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"The Story of Citizens United vs. FEC" (9 minutes)

An exploration of the inordinate power that corporations exercise in our democracy.



"The Story of Change" (7 minutes)

This short video urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.



"An Evening With Chris Hedges" (1 hour, 36 minutes)

Populist Dialogues - 14-24 - Geoff Holland on Move to Amend

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Author and producer Geoff Holland describes his motivations for producing a series of short video endorsements of Move to Amend's efforts to enact a 28th Constitutional Amendment saying that Corporations are not people and money is not speech. He talks about his views on the issue of corporate domination, the consequences of that and what we must do.

First broadcast December 21, 2014

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"Black Lives Matter" (5 minutes)

In the wake of recent raised awareness about racial injustice and police brutality, the Sacramento chapter of the NAACP sponsored a march for racial justice on December 13, 2014.  Similar marches took place that day in Washington, DC, New York City, and several other locations throughout the United States. Media Edge producer Michael Stavros was at the Sacramento event and produced this video.



"To Prison for Poverty" (13.5 minutes)

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"An Evening With Angela Davis" (1 hour, 41 minutes)

Social equality activist Angela Davis spoke to a capacity crowd at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Sacramento on December 5. With recent events in Ferguson and New York on everyone’s mind, Ms. Davis spoke eloquently about these and related concerns. A Media Edge crew was on hand to record this inspirational event.

A Declaration of The Independence of Cyberspace

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From: http://departmentofrecords.co/dor1.html

Internet legend John Perry Barlow a former Wyoming rancher and Grateful Dead lyricist is best known for his A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, a statement of the natural liberty and the anti–sovereignty of Cyberspace, which in part led to his moniker the Thomas Jefferson of Cyberspace.