{"id":7388,"title":"Kathleen Foster","kind":"bio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/kathleen-foster","version":"3f55ff25e1599fb8248cc35c187e6795cdb4e1c96a8df828293787bccccf5a12","modified":"2011-06-17T23:59:52+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":["bio"],"metadata":[{"label":"First name","value":"Kathleen","url":null},{"label":"Last name","value":"Foster","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Kathleen Foster.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/kathleen-foster.","publication":null,"risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/7388.ris"},"links":[],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":3682}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"Since 1992, British born filmmaker Kathleen Foster, has produced videotapes for various community organizations and independent documentaries such as: 2004: Point of Attack 46 mins. Distributor, Cinema Guild Point of Attack chronicles the post-911 racial profiling, large-scale round-ups, detentions and mass deportations of Arab, Muslim and South Asians as part of the government\u0027s \u0022War on Terrorism,\u0022 framing the plight of these immigrant communities within the broader context of the government\u0027s \u0022other war\u0022 against civil liberties being waged via the USA Patriot Act. PRESS \u0022This important film is a damning indictment of how the government over-reacted after 9/11, singling out and targeting people who had nothing to do with terrorism. It should have the Widest possible distribution and viewing by the American public.\u0022 Abdeen Jabara, Civil Rights Attorney, Past President American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Currently in production: Afghan Women (working title) 60 mins. A film about Afghanistan over the last 25 years told from the point of view of Afghan women, who were mostly excluded from public life but whose situation and opportunities rise and fall in direct relation to the changing political climate. The story of the courage and commitment, that passes from one generation to the next, of a remarkable group of women, is both a disturbing and amazing chronicle of the recent history of this Central Asian country. 2001: Nicaragua: Reclaiming the Revolution, 49 mins (Also in Spanish) Distributor, Latin American Video Archives A stark portrait of conditions in Nicaragua, tracing the 20yr. history since the Sandinista revolution. PRESS Nicaragua: Reclaiming the Revolution \u0022 has captured complexities of the political evolution of the FSLN that have eluded some academic writers. Stills and video are used deftly to show the tumultuous history of Nicaragua in the 1980\u0027s.\u0022 Matilde Zimmermann, author of Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution (Duke University Press 2000) \u0022Clearly articulating the devastating effect of the global economy on local communities, this powerful film demonstrates the value of cross-cultural relationships and shows one community\u0027s desire to make a difference beyond charity towards change.\u0022 Rev. David Dyson, Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church, People of Faith Network. 1998: Lessons in Class Struggle, 53 mins Distributor, Third World Newsreel A film about the battle waged by parents, students and teachers to stop budget cuts to New York City\u0027s already devastated public schools. PRESS \u0022A powerful film that forces all the basic issues about racial justice. Students and teachers speak with eloquence and urgency about realities they know first hand. No euphemisms. No evasions. No clich\u00E9s. It has the ring of truth.\u0022 Jonathon Kozol, educator, author of Savage Inequalities, Death At An Early Age. \u0022Kathleen Foster has produced and directed a video that focuses on a REAL issue of public import . . . that the belief in justice and equality and resistance to their absence did not die with the movements of the 1960\u0027s.\u0022 Nancy Bunch, Dean Empire State College, SUNY 1992: Coal Wars: The Battle in Rum Creek, 28 minutes. Distributor, Filmmakers Library Filmed in an isolated hollow of West Virginia, this documentary shows the violent clash between miners and the two giant coal companies that dominate their lives during a 1989-90 strike. PRESS \u0022Kathleen Foster blends echoes of the 1921 Blair Mountain strike with a contemporary sense of the declining strength of national unions.\u0022 D. Ledbetter, Village Voice. Member: New York Women in Film \u0026 Television, Association of Independent Video \u0026 Filmmakers.","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":3682,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}