[Peace] Prison Justice Triple Feature tonight, October 6, 2014 / 6:30pm / free

[Karen Medina via Peace]

UU Social Justice Film Screening: Prison Justice Triple Feature
Oct. 6th @ 6:30pm,
Channing Murray Foundation // 1209 W. Oregon St. Urbana, IL 61802
Description:
This triple-feature will showcase three short films exploring prison
justice and prison education work, including the ocally-made film
Education Justice Project (10 min), Solitary Confinement: Torture in
Your Backyard (20 min), and Lens & Pens: Art in an Unexpected Place
(26 min). The first film explores the Education Justice Project, an
initiative that brings University of Illinois professors and
volunteers to teach advanced-level (300 and 400 level) college classes
at the Danville Correctional Center; the second explores human rights
violations with solitary confinement; and the third tells the story of
a transformative poetry, painting, and photography workshop for
criminally insane patients in the maximum-security John Howard
Pavilion of Washington, DC’s, historic St. Elizabeths Hospital.

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 UU Social Justice Film Screening: Unfreedom: Latino Migrants in a
Midwestern Town
Oct. 13th @ 6:30pm,
Channing Murray Foundation // 1209 W. Oregon St. Urbana, IL 61802
Description:
UNFREEDOM: Latino Immigrants in a Midwestern Town documents the
personal and family experiences of people related to Latin America
(particularly Mexico) who live in the "Land of Freedom", ironically in
cages of gold, without full freedom. It was filmed in Bloomington,
Indiana, a small town in the midwestern United States, and Mexico
City.

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UU Social Justice Film Screening: The Square
Nov. 3rd @ 6:30pm,
Channing Murray Foundation // 1209 W. Oregon St. Urbana, IL 61802
Description:
The Square is a revolutionary film about change and the power of
people. We encourage you to share these inspirational stories with
your own community. Theatrical-On-Demand® film distributor Gathr
Films® allows viewers to bring The Square to theaters all across the
country. We are all about collaboration, so look for an existing
screening to join in your area. If no screening exists, you can
request to become a host of a new event.

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UU Social Justice Film Screening: How to Survive a Plague
Dec. 1st @ 6:30pm, Channing Murray Foundation
1209 W. Oregon St. Urbana, IL 61802
In honor of Worlds Aids Day, Channing Murray Foundation will be
screening How To Survive a Plague. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the
story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose
activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a
manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these
self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical industry and helped
identify promising new drugs, moving them from experimental trials to
patients in record time. With unfettered access to a treasure trove of
never-before-seen archival footage from the 1980s and '90s, filmmaker
David France puts the viewer smack in the middle of the controversial
actions, the heated meetings, the heartbreaking failures, and the
exultant breakthroughs of heroes in the making.