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

[Karen Medina via Peace]

The "Prison Justice Triple Feature" was postponed. It will be rescheduled.
Speaking of which, if anyone wants to volunteer to lead discussions
after the social justice films at Channing Murray, it would be a huge
gift and wonderful supplement.
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Instead, they showed the film, "Free Angela" a documentary about the
late 1960's and early 70's when Angela Davis was fired from UCLA for
being a communist. Then she was hunted by the FBI after a courthouse
bombing and kidnapping / murder occurred. She fled from police knowing
full well that she would not be given a fair trial in California
(Reagan was governor, and Nixon was calling her a terrorist). The FBI
caught up with her in New York. While her lawyer was fighting the
extradition, the police with the help of the National Guard swept her
out of the NY jail in the middle of the night and flew her to
California. She did stand trial and was found not-guilty on all
charges by an all white jury.

The story is much more interesting than this short synopsis. The
interviews are amazing. The film was made in 2012, so the film is a
well-done mix of recent interviews with old media footage.

Note that the chancellor of UCLA actually refused to fire Angela Davis
and the regents went over his head. The film interviews the chancellor
recently.

It really is worth seeing.

Discussion afterward would have been great.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Karen Medina <kmedina67 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> ----------
>
>  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.
>
> -------------
>
> 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.
>
> -------------
>
> 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.



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-- karen medina
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