Dorothy Day - Catholic Worker Collection
Video Recordings, 1955-

Box

Date

Title/Contents

Format

1

5 October 1955

Tribute to Llewellyn Scott by Ralph Edwards, This Is Your Life (NBC Television Network)

Videocassette

1

20 July 1956

Civil defense drill arrests footage (no sound), Washington Square Park, New York City, Fox (Movietone News)

Videocassette

7

9 Sept. 1962

"A Work of Mercy," Look Up and Live (CBS Television Network). Filmed at the New York Catholic Worker's Chrystie Street house of hospitality and Staten Island farm, the program includes interviews of Charles Butterworth, Dorothy Day, Edgar Forand, Judith Gregory, Charles Keefe, Walter Kerell, Arthur Lacey,  Anne-Marie Stokes, Stanley Vishnewski, and Jean Walsh. (U-Matic master tape in Box 8.)

DVD

7

20 October 1971

"Radical Nonviolence," Christopher Closeup, with Dorothy Day and Tom Cornell. (U-Matic master tape in Box 8.)

DVD

1

Ca. 1971

"Miles to Go before I Sleep." Syracuse University Television program on Unity Acres, Orwell, NY, including interviews with Ed Hogan, Fr. Ray McVey, and volunteers from Oswego College. Brief segment on Unity Kitchen, Syracuse, with comments by Fr. Richard Keough.

Videocassette

7

20 February 1973

“Still a Rebel,” Bill Moyers’ Journal (Public Broadcasting Service). Also includes scenes of the First Street house and  comments by Marjorie Hughes and Stanley Vishnewski. (U-Matic master tape in Box 8.)

DVD

7

9 December 1973

Interview of Dorothy Day on This Day (Radio Telefís Éireann), Ireland (2 copies; also on VHS videocassette, Box 1)

DVD

1

6 & 13 Jan. 1974

Program on Catholic Worker, Swords, and Plowshares (WNAC-TV, Boston, MA). Panel discussion moderated by Fr. David Killian. Panelists: Clare Danielsson (first program), Shawn Donovan (second program), Kathleen DeSutter Jordan, Kathy McKenna (second program), Stanley Vishnewski, and Gordan Zahn. 2 tapes. (U-Matic master tapes in Box 8.)

Videocassette

7

24 March 1974

"Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker," New Heaven/New Warth WCVB-TV, Boston, MA). Interview of Day by Hubert Jessup, recorded when she received the Isaac Hecker Award from the Paulist Center, 25 January 1974. (U-Matic master tape in Box 8.)

Videocassette

1

14 April 1974

"The Works of Mercy and the Works of Peace," Dorothy Day's Newman Lecture at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. (Betacam SP master in Box 8.)

Videocassette

1

1978

Excuse Me America, documentary on Dom Hélder Câmara, directed by Thom Tyson and distributed by Phoenix Films, including a segment filmed when Dorothy Day spoke at the Eucharistic Congress in August 1976

Videocassette

1

28 January 1982

"Guardian Angel." Take One program, Iowa Public Television Network Interview of Frank Cordaro, recorded at the Des Moines Catholic Worker

Videocassette

1

21 March 1982

"Resisting the Bomb in a Faithless Age," sermon by Frank Cordaro at Mount Vernon (IA) Methodist Church

Videocassette

1

1 April 1982

Feature on homeless people in Milwaukee and sources of assistance, including Casa Maria (Wisconsin Magazine, WHA-TV, Madison)

Videocassette

1

1984

"Freedom's Price," feature on August 1983 witness at Strategic Air Command headquarters, Omaha, NE, produced by Pamela Colby and Gloria Williams, with comments by Frank and Tom Cordaro, David McReynolds, et al.

Videocassette

2

12-14 Feb. 1985

Faith and Resistance Retreat (Glenwood, IA) footage, including talks by Tom Cordaro and Jim Wallis and line crossing at Offutt Air Force Base (2 tapes; U-Matic master in Box 8)

Videocassette

7

14 Feb. 1985

Line crossing at Offutt Air Force

DVD

2

23 Feb. 1987

Harlan, IA, farm foreclosure protest footage, including interview of Frank Cordaro on Channel 9

Videocassette

2

19 April 1987

Farm foreclosure footage for Time Capsule (Channel 8), including unedited footage of interview of Frank Cordaro

Videocassette

2

August 1987

Feature on Noonday Farm (Winchendon Springs, MA), Today Show (NBC Television Network)

Videocassette

2

2 Nov. 1987

Presentation by Paul Allen and Frank Cordaro, Clark College, Dubuque, IA, including Cordaro's account of spilling ashes at White House in 1979

Videocassette

2

8-10 Nov. 1987

Catholic Worker National Gathering (Las Vegas, NV) footage, including discussions, talks by Dom Hélder Câmara and Cesar Chavez, and line-crossing action at the Nevada Test site

Videocassette

3

28 Dec. 1987

Strategic Air Command (Omaha, NE) action footage, including interviews of Tom Cordaro and Jim Dubert and WORT-TV coverage

Videocassette

8

1987

Ending the Silence: Civil Disobedience in the Farm Crisis, documentary produced by Gloria Williams on Harlan, IA, farm foreclosure protest in which Frank Cordaro was involved

Videocassette

3

27 Feb. 1988

"Discipleship and Vocation in These Nuclear Times," talk by Elizabeth McAlister, Des Moines, IA

Videocassette

3

12 April 1988

Profile of Frank Cordaro on Time Capsule (Channel 8, Des Moines) by Mary Brubaker, including unedited footage

Videocassette

3

16 April 1988

Home video by David Vuer on Catholic Worker Gardens, West Hamlin, WV

Videocassette

7

25 Jan. 1989

Interview of Michael Kirwan on CBS Nightwatch, with dubs of four other programs featuring Kirwan on D.C. affiliates (also on VHS videocassette, Box 3)

DVD

3

9 May 1989

Line-crossing at Strategic Air Command headquarters (Omaha, NE) with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton

Videocassette

3

4 June 1989

Forum: Heart of the Nation program with Jeff Dietrich, Fr. Martin Jenco, and Teresa Remundo, Los Angeles, CA

Videocassette

3

26 July 1989

Talk by Elizabeth McAlister at Los Angeles Catholic Worker

Videocassette

3

9 Aug. 1989

Talk by Jim and Shelly Douglas at Los Angeles Catholic Worker

Videocassette

3

1980s

Breaking Bread: The Los Angeles Catholic Worker (slideshow with voiceover comments)

Videocassette

3

1980s

"On Earth as It Is in Heaven," unfinished documentary on Dorothy Day by Carolyn and Mary Beth Zablotny

Videocassette

3

11 Jan. 1990

"Priesthood and Resistance," talk by Frank Cordaro, St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, MN

Videocassette

3

20 April 1990

"Nonviolent Civil Disobedience as a Faith Response to Injustice," talk by Frank Cordaro, Loras College, Dubuque, IA

Videocassette

4

Feb. 1991

"No Blood for Oil" actions, Los Angeles Catholic Worker

Videocassette

4

11 April 1991

Keynote address by Frank Cordaro to Iowa chapter of National Association of Social Workers symposium

Videocassette

4

5 July 1991

John Filligar Farm (Clayton, WV) tape made by visitor

Videocassette

4

28 Dec. 1991

Strategic Air Command witness, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE

Videocassette

7

1991

The Gathering, video produced by Haley House on Catholic Worker National Gathering at Boston College, July 1991 (also on VHS videocassette, Box 4)

DVD

4

1991

Prophet Center, on Norfolk Catholic Worker, by Windmill Productions

Videocassette

4

6 Jan. 1991

Opening class taught by Frank Cordaro for Future Ethics course, Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA

Videocassette

4

10 May 1992

Bishop Dingman Memorial Line Crossing, Strategic Air Command headquarters, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE

Videocassette

4

1992

Dorothy Dat: Blessed Are the Poor, for Catholic Life in America series, Parish Video Library, Hallel Communications

Videocassette

4

1993

Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day, monodrama produced by Doug Fisher and written by Paul Amandes, Robert McClory, and Lisa Wagner, originally for the Call to Action Performing Arts Ministry, with Dodie Holstrom in the role of Day.

Videocassette

4

28 Mar. 1994

Talk by Frank Cordaro to student social justice group, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Videocassette

4

29 May 1994

Stratcom witness, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, NE (Channel 7 coverage)

Videocassette

4

1 May 1995

Los Angeles Catholic Worker 25th anniversary celebration, with Daniel Berrigan

Videocassette

5

1995

The Business of Making Saints, documentary examining recent causes, including Day's, produced by Colleen Millin and released by Ronin Films

Videocassette

7

1995

A Saint from New York, documentary on Dorothy Day's cause, produced by the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, and directed by Line Hatland (also on VHS videocassette, Box 4)

DVD

5

23 Aug. 1996

Des Moines Catholic Worker 25th anniversary celebration, with talks by Phillip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister, Frank Cordaro, and Carmen Trotta, and interview of Berrigan and McAlister by a student (2 videotapes)

Videocassette

5

11 Nov. 1996

Dorothy Day Centennial Symposium, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn Heights, NY, including talks by Daniel Marshall, Carmen Trotta, et al.

Videocassette

5

1996

Passion of the Saints, Pt. 4: The Road to Sainthood, program examining several causes, including Day's, produced by The Learning Channel

Videocassette

5

29 Oct. 1997

Forum on "Nonviolent Civil Resistance: The Christian Response to Militarism," with Frank Cordaro and Sam Day, Simpson College, Indianola, IA

Videocassette

5

8 Nov. 1997

"The Legacy of Dorothy Day," symposium at New York University with keynote address by Robert Ellsberg and presentations by Tom and Monica Cornell, Eileen Egan, Kathleen and Patrick Jordan, Jim O'Grady, and Fr. James Joyce

Videocassette

5

1997

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, docudrama produced by Paulist Pictures, directed by Fr. Ellwood Keiser, and starring Moira Kelly and Martin Sheen as Dorothy day and Peter Maurin

Videocassette

5

11 Jan. 1998

Choosing Sides: I Remember Vietnam (Parts 1 and 2), a documentary by Cronkite Productions, airing on The History Channel, including comments by Tom Cornell on the burning of draft cards

Videocassette

5

13 July 1998

Parade of shopping carts purchased by Los Angeles Catholic Worker for use by homeless people, with statements by Jeff Dietrich and Catherine Morris and interview of police officer by TV reporter

Videocassette

5

22 Oct. 1998

Peacemaker program with Jeff Dietrich and Gary Bitterworth, Los Angeles, CA.

Videocassette

5

1 Nov. 1999

Gods of Metal Plowshares activists (Kathy Boylan, Frank Cordaro, Carol Gilbert, and Ardeth Platte) speaking at Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA)

Videocassette

6

18 Nov. 1999

Unity Kitchen feature on Magazine 13, WIXT-TV, Syracuse, NY

Videocassette

6

2000

Excerpts from Italian documentary on Martin Sheen (Roots and Betrayals), including comments by Sheen on Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement

Videocassette

7

2001

New York in the 50's documentary based upon Dan Wakefield's book of that title, including Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker

DVD

6

June 2002

"Is there History on Skid Row?," discussion with Jeff Dietrich and Rickey Mantley, Los Angeles, CA

Videocassette

6

2002

Visions of Utopia: Experiments in Sustainable Culture, Documentary by Geoph Kozeny, including segment on San Antonio Catholic Worker

Videocassette

6

29 April 2003

Talk by Frank Cordaro on "The War in Iraq and Peacemaking from a Radical Nonviolent Christian Perspective," University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

Videocassette

6

Sept. 2003

Los Angeles Catholic Worker sister house retreat with Daniel Berrigan (4 videos)

Videocassette

6

12 Aug. 2004

Frank Cordaro interviewed by Frances Mendenhall on Blackout Omaha

Videocassette

7

2004

A Peace of the Anarchy: Ammon Hennacy and Other Angelic Troublemakers in the USA, documentary by Marcus Page, with comments by Tom Cornell, Kathy Kelly, Karl Meyer, and other associates and admirers of Hennacy

DVD

7

8 Feb. 2005

Talks by Frank Cordaro and Brian Terrell on "Civil Disobedience: An American Tradition," Simpson College, Indianola, IA

DVD

6

6 April 2005

Talk by Frank Cordaro on "What Every Christian Should Know about War and What the Church Teaches," Loras College, Dubuque, IA

Videocassette

ER-1

12 Nov.
2006

Talk by Frank Cordaro on "Weapons of Mass Destruction-Ours," Rock Valley Fellowship  of Reconciliation meeting, Beloit, WI

7

2006

The Saint Patrick's Four: Citizens' Tribunal on Iraq, 6-DVD set concerning retrial of Ithaca, NY, Catholic Workers on charges of conspiracy, including testimonials (Medea Benjamin, Kathy Kelly, Elizabeth McAlister, et al.) and supplemental material

DVD

7

17-18 March 2007

Rally following arrest of Frank Cordaro and others for marching in St. Patrick's Day parade in Colorado Springs, CO, including Cordaro's remarks and local news coverage

DVD

7

2007

Dorothy Day: Don't Call Me a Saint, documentary directed by Claudia Larson

DVD

7

2007

Fool for Christ, Dorothy Day monodrama co-written and performed by Sarah Melici and directed by Barbara Rick

DVD

7

2007

Women of the Worker, 1935-1952, video by Marilyn McKinley Parrish utilizing audio recordings of interviews for her dissertation

DVD

7

Oct. 2008

Robert Ellsberg's Nieman Lecture on Dorothy Day, Marquette University

DVD

7

2008

Barefoot Peacemakers: Catholic Worker Aotearoa, documentary by Therese Gallagher-Power, et al.

DVD

7

30 Jan. 2010

"1968, Stars and Stripes Forever? Or Never?," presentations by Frank Cordaro et al. prior to performance of "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine," College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, St. Joseph, MN

DVD

7

8 Nov. 2010

"Love Your Enemies—Did Jesus Really Mean it?," convocation talk by Frank Cordaro, Bethel College, North Newton, KS

DVD

7

8 Nov. 2010

"An Evening with Frank Cordaro," Bethel College, North Newton, KS

DVD

7

2020

Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story, documentary produced and directed for Journey Films by Martin Doblmeier

DVD