Resenting Fences
Identifier
F.2005-08-0169
Date Of Production
circa 1981 – 1986
Abstract
Content Notice: This material contains depictions of hate speech and hateful imagery.
Loosely assembled footage primarily depicts University of Colorado Boulder protests against the CIA’s intervention in Nicaragua and campus recruitment. Shots include the following: Chicago police order a group of neo-Nazis to vacate a children’s playground; televised footage shows Governor James Thompson; the “Sodomy Patrol” performs a satirical pom-pom dance on the UC Boulder campus; a rent-a-fence encloses Edgar Britton’s Buffalo statue; protestors and University of Colorado police engage in a tug-of-war over a security fence panel; Ronald and Nancy Reagan attend a luncheon fundraiser for Republican senatorial candidate Ken Kramer held at Stapleton International Airport, and Bill Stamets interviews members of the Cherry Creek High School Marching Band in Denver, Colorado on September 8, 1986; televised footage shows President George H.W. Bush; a guerilla theater performs on the UC Boulder campus. Footage is interspersed with excerpts from Walt Disney’s The Tortoise and The Hare (1935).
Loosely assembled footage primarily depicts University of Colorado Boulder protests against the CIA’s intervention in Nicaragua and campus recruitment. Shots include the following: Chicago police order a group of neo-Nazis to vacate a children’s playground; televised footage shows Governor James Thompson; the “Sodomy Patrol” performs a satirical pom-pom dance on the UC Boulder campus; a rent-a-fence encloses Edgar Britton’s Buffalo statue; protestors and University of Colorado police engage in a tug-of-war over a security fence panel; Ronald and Nancy Reagan attend a luncheon fundraiser for Republican senatorial candidate Ken Kramer held at Stapleton International Airport, and Bill Stamets interviews members of the Cherry Creek High School Marching Band in Denver, Colorado on September 8, 1986; televised footage shows President George H.W. Bush; a guerilla theater performs on the UC Boulder campus. Footage is interspersed with excerpts from Walt Disney’s The Tortoise and The Hare (1935).
Format
Super 8
Extent
350 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Genre
Form
Subject
Airports
College Students
Demonstrations
Marching bands
Neo-Nazism
Police
Political Activists
Police brutality
Political satire
Politicians
Presidents
Racism
Student movements
Universities and colleges
College Students
Demonstrations
Marching bands
Neo-Nazism
Police
Political Activists
Police brutality
Political satire
Politicians
Presidents
Racism
Student movements
Universities and colleges
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Reagan, Ronald (is participant)
Reagan, Nancy (is participant)
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