Columbia Revolt - Part 2 of 5

Columbia Revolt - Part 2 of 5 The Newsreel - Radical Documentary 03:10:51: Black protesters with placards march. Police car, out of focus. Black demonstrators in front of university with speaker talking about treatment of blacks. 03:13:00: White student defence committee sit-in, occupying university boss’ office and going through files. Voice over says they found evidence Blacks and Puerto Ricans would be moved out. They barricade the building with furniture. Mimeograph printing leaflets. Blackboard with messages and communications. (03:15:02 film stops and starts again - film probably snapped) Student comes in office through window. Group of students sit on office floor and mope around, argue about politics etc. (no direct sound). Take vote of confidence. 03:16:35; graffiti on wall “Up against the wall, mother”. Demonstrators sleep on floor of university building and offices. Students demonstrating outside university building, locked-in students stand on building’s windows, then food is distributed. Police arrive. Riots scenes shown with stills. Food is thrown to locked-in students on windows. Professor stands to tell students to stop. Voice-over says faculty never understood student demands. 03:19:10: Inside university building white student lock-in, food and drink shared. Voice over runs throughout the film: made up of interviews of radical students and militants.