Classic Videos

The following are our currently available classic videos.

• Charlie Chaplin Clips
  

  These are classic clips which bring home the experience of poverty but in a way which is not overwhelming or difficult to bear viewing. Charlie presents an inarguable image of the suffering that goes along with the experience of hunger or powerlesness, yet he gets people to laugh with him. Perhaps on seeing these timeless clips they will be moved to take up the debate and become involved in solving these problems [visit film feature page].

• Martin Luther King Clips
  

  Martin Luther King was one of the 20th century's most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, and an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam war. In this film, Donna Nobis Pacem - Latin for 'Grant Us Peace' - King is seen addressing a crowd of anti-war demonstrators. The film, which was cited at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence and the Robert Flaherty film seminars, captures the unrest of the times; this segment includes images of police, the National Guard, and the gathering crowds, in conflict [visit film feature page].

Our grateful thanks to The Chaplin Estate for generously donating the use of Chaplin's brilliant and unforgettable footage from Modern Times and Gold Rush on this website, and to director Christopher Speeth for generously donating the use of his valuable and rare Martin Luther King footage. If you know a filmmaker who is similarly civic minded who would be willing to donate the use of a short segment of footage in order to help us shine a light on domestic poverty issues, we would be most grateful if you would make the introduction.