Newsreel and Imperialism

This pair of newly digitally preserved films from the Newsreel collective look at liberation struggles in Guatemala and Palestine.

My Country Occupied (1971)
Dirs. Tami Gold & Heather Archibald
30min
In Spanish with English subtitles

In this moving film, the personal testimonies of Guatemalan Indians, peasants, and guerrillas are dramatized to provide the narration for a powerful overview of the history of US destabilization of democracy in Central America. My Country Occupied was inspired by the work of Santiago Álvarez.

Revolution Until Victory aka We Are the Palestinian People (1973)
Dir. San Francisco Newsreel
45min

Filmed in Palestine by Newsreel, Revolution Until Victory shows the refugee camps of the Middle East, the rise of the Palestinian Liberation Movement, and Israel's relationship to Western imperialism. The film includes footage of guerrillas in training, and interviews with Palestinian leaders and militants working in many programs of the liberation struggle at the time.