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Making Contact
"Making Contact" is produced by International Media Project, an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1994, committed to investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. Its core focus is National Radio Project, the team that creates Making Contact.
Our radio adaptation of the film Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chicano Movement offers a reflection on the untold stories of the Chicano Movement with a focus on Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Produced by Freedom Archives, the film delves into issues of cultural identity, student activism; land rights and social justice, in the face of police oppression.
The film represents an important component of the Chicano struggle that is often not well understood”that the movement was not limited to organizing agricultural workers. It shows how conflicts with government included resisting unprovoked police violence in urban areas and many protests against systemic language discrimination, judicial discrimination, disproportionate imprisonment, and the lack of educational and employment opportunities. These rising community and student movements were targeted by the COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) of the FBI, working in tandem with other local, state, and federal agencies.
Featuring:
Priscilla Falcon, Activist/Professor
Ricardo Romero, Activist/Educator
Kathleen Clever, Activist Educator
Juan Espinosa, Photographer/Journalist
Freddie Freak Trujillo, Activist/Colorado Historian
Kiko Martinez, Activist/Attorney
Corky Gonzales, Activist/Crusade for Justice
Jose Calderon, Activist
Deborah Espinosa, Activist/Colorado Historian
Jose Esteban Ortega, Activist
Rita Melgares, Attorney
Credits:
Producers of film, Symbols of Resistance: Claude Marks and Nathaniel Moore, Brenda Montano, Vera Tykulsker and Andres Alegria of the Freedom Archives
Film Narrator: Brenda Montano
Making Contact Staff:
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Staff Producers: Anita Johnson, Monica Lopez, Salima Hamirani
Associate Producer: Aysha Choudhary
Engagement and Web Manager: Dylan Heuer
