People's Park

Creator: Newsreel

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: from Roz Payne Archives; In the spring of 1969, the Berkeley street community initiated a project to transform a barren and unused university-owned Lot into a park for the whole community to enjoy-a People's Park. Because the park threatened the control of the university and presented a challenge to the concept of private property, the police and National Guard were used to brutalize the people and destroy the People's Park. 25 minutes; This film was made by SF Newsreel and was originally rejected as not being political enough. It was too hippie dippy so the beginning five minute rap by Frank Bardacke, a peoples park politico was added on in the beginning.

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