POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN

Agents of Change, the documentary film about the late 1960s student rebellions at San Francisco State and Cornell Universities, which led to the establishment of Black Studies programs at both schools, is now available for streaming.  The film was shown to enthusiastic audiences at the AAUP’s 2015 and 2016 Summer Institutes.  Its production and distribution have been supported by grants from the AAUP Foundation.  The film is streaming on WORLD Channel as part of the new season of AMERICA REFRAMED, public media’s award-winning documentary series, starting today through March 22.  To watch it go to:

http://worldchannel.org/programs/episode/arf-s6-603-agents-change/

From the Agents of Change website:

From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April, 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960’s. Through the stories of these young men and women who were at the forefront of these efforts, Agents of Change examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses and in the country that led to these protests.  The film’s characters were caught at the crossroads of the civil rights, black power, and anti-Vietnam war movements at a pivotal time in America’s history. Today, over 45 years later, many of the same demands are surfacing in campus protests across the country, revealing how much work remains to be done.

Agents of Change links the past to the present and the present to the past–making it not just a movie but a movement.

Agents of Change Filmmakers Abby Ginzberg and Frank Dawson

Watch it now!