Contra Wedding Massacre, Wiwili, Nicaragua
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Description
Copy of raw footage shot in Wiwili, Nicaragua by Jan Van Bilsen and Dirk Van Der Sypen, two Dutch video photographers, when they happened upon a village recently attacked by Contra soldiers. Includes scenes of villagers gathering, washing the seven bullet ridden bodies, visiting where the truck was ambushed, interviewing the FDM commander, Jimmy Leo, and shots of the soldiers on a hillside above them. The main program is an edit the photogphers sent MACV; the extra footage they sent to CCTV on 3/4" tape.
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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!