Creators

Jacey Terrill

Editor

Jacey Terrill and Kristina Schmitt

Participant/Interviewee

Film Professor

Interviewer/Editor

Jacey Terrill

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Faculty

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Transcript

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This is a transcript of an oral history with an associate professor of film, who was an assistant professor of film at the time of the protest at Cal Poly Humboldt. They had been teaching a class about social change through film and recalled letting their class out early, as the protest was just starting. The film professor realized later on the day of the protest how much more serious it had become, and signed up with other Art and Film Faculty to keep watch of the protesters to help them if police were to show up again. They emphasized feeling a rift between administration and faculty. If faculty were trusted more and allowed to continue classes, then it could have been a valuable teaching and growing moment in the classroom. They were highly critical of the higher administration’s choice to send in the police and noted that there is a disconnect between the culture of Cal Poly Humboldt and the higher administration. Many of the students in their social change through film class would go on to shift their final projects or create additional projects related to the protest.

Creation Date

Fall 9-4-2025

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