Target City Hall [D.I.V.A. Footage], 1989

Item

Title

Subject

AIDS (Disease) and mass media; AIDS (Disease); Television broadcasting--News; Television coverage of news ; Television journalism; Television news; AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects--United States; ACT UP (Organization); Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York; Civil disobedience--New York (State)--New York; AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects; Civil disobedience; Demonstrations; New York (State)--New York; United States; AIDS (Disease)--History; AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--United States; Police; Medical care; City Hall Park (New York, N.Y.); Arrest (Police methods); Koch, Ed, 1924-2013. Mayor

Description

Handheld video recording of the ACT UP action "Target City Hall" on March 28, 1989.

Handheld video recording of the ACT UP action "Target City Hall" on March 28, 1989. Footage includes: ACT UP members chanting "Health Care is a right," "the whole world's watching," "shame," "act up, fight back, fight aids;" protestors engaging in civil disobedience by sitting down in the street and blocking traffic; police arresting protestors and insisting that protestors stay on the sidewalk; protestors carrying signs; discussion with an ACT UP lawyer and a police officer about the arrest of Jimmy Floris (sp?) who was brought to the 7th precinct.

Creator

Donated by Maxine Wolfe in 1993

Date

1989-03-28

Date Created

Digitized on 2015-09-10

Contributor

Processed by Pratt School of Information LIS-668 students, Fall 2015

Rights

James Wentzy, Diva TV
Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

Language

English

Physical Format

1/2 inch videotape

Digital Location

334_ACTUpCityHall_Event_Footage

Duration

00:28:29

Collection

Women, AIDS, and ACT UP, 1988-1994

Citation

Donated by Maxine Wolfe in 1993, “Target City Hall [D.I.V.A. Footage], 1989,” Lesbian Herstory Archives AudioVisual Collections, accessed September 20, 2026, https://herstories.prattinfoschool.nyc/omeka/items/show/752.

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