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Critical
Resistance Presents:
The
Third Annual Critical Resistance:
Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex
FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, November
16, 2001, the Roxie Theatre, SF
Saturday, November 17, 2001, the Fine Arts Cinema, Berkeley
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2001
THE BUILD UP
The Roxie
3117 16th Street at Valencia
San Francisco
7:30 pm THE BLESSING (2001, U.S., 7 min.) & LIL PAYPA (2001,
U.S., 4 min.)
These short films look at the prison industrial complex through the eyes
of children and youth directly impacted by the crisis.
8:00 pm COCA MAMA (2001, Columbia, 52 minutes)
The U.S. War on Drugs has gone global. Coca Mama examines the impact
on coca-growing farmers in South America, the environmental disaster wrought
by U.S. sponsored fumigation and the failure to address root causes of
drug production in South America as well as the drug market in the U.S.
Awarded Best Medium Length Film at the III International FICA Festival
and the "Certificate for Creative Excellence" at the US Film and Video
Festival.
9:15 pm MEDIAN STRIP (2001, U.S., 5 min.)
This experimental short compares the build up of the prison industrial
complex with the landscape of this nation's highways and byways.
9:25 pm: CORRECTIONS (2001, U.S., 60 minutes)
Corrections is the story of justice turned to profit, the private prison
in the context of the prison industrial complex. Weaving together
the history of the leading corporations, testimony from experts and the
lives of ordinary people, Corrections takes audiences behind the walls
of a prison where they don't want you to leave. Official Selection Slamdance
Film Festival.
Saturday, November 17, 2001
The Fine Arts Cinema
2451 Shattuck Ave. At Haste
Berkeley, CA
BREAKING DOWN THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (PIC)
1:00 pm: FRAMED: MEDIA REPRSENTIONS OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- A panel discussion and clips.
CR activists discuss, and illustrate with clips, the role of the media
in the expansion of the prison industrial complex, focussing on the phenomenon
of reality based TV like America's Most Wanted, the role of music video
and film in criminalization and authenticity, and film images of prisons
as spaces we all feel we know, but many have not experienced.
3:15 pm: I WANT TO LIVE (1958, U.S., 120 minutes)
Susan Hayward won an academy award for her portrayal of Barbara Graham,
sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. This classic
delves into issues of gender and the death penalty as well as the role
of the media in shaping public perception about crime.
5:45 pm CUBAN EXCLUDABLES (1980, Cuba, 57 minutes)
In 1980, without being charged with any crime, thousands of Cuban refugees
were detained in prisons across the U.S. With no right to due process
or legal redress, thousands remain behind bars today. This powerful
documentary, by famed filmmaker Estela Bravo, combines wrenching human
drama and political conflict and examines the role of the INS in the expansion
of the prison industrial complex.
6:50 pm NEW WORLD BORDER (2001, U.S., 28 minutes)
Local filmmaker, Jose Palafox, studies the U.S. - Mexico border in the
aftermath of the INS' "Operation Gatekeeper" and implementation of "free
trade" policies like NAFTA, while also giving us hope for change in the
vibrant movement for immigrant rights.
7:30 pm A PRISON IN THE FIELDS: FALSE PROGRESS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
(2001, U.S. 20 minutes)
Produced by Critical Resistance as part of its campaign to stop construction
of a 5,160 bed prison slated for Delano, California, this documentary
debunks the myth that prisons are economic drivers for impoverished rural
communities and exposes the environmental racism at play in prison siting
today.
8:00 pm TRUTH TO POWER (2001, U.S., 5 minutes)
In 2000, women prisoners demanded that legislators meet with them about
rampant human rights violations. These legislative hearings were the first
ever to take place inside a women's prison in California. Truth to Power
highlights the powerful testimony of these brave women and challenges
all of us to get organized.
8:15 pm BECA DE GILAS: REBECA'S STORY (1999, U.S. 20 minutes)
Winner of the 1999 Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Documentary, this
inspirational piece looks at 21 year old Gilroy based community activist
Rebeca Amendariz's work to empower her community and family.
8:45 pm CHICKEN RUN (2000, U.K., 84 minutes)
Why is the only popular representation of a society without prisons animated?
From the Oscar winning team that brought you "Wallace and Gromit"
comes an abolitionist parable of resistance for all ages.
For more information contact: Critical Resistance, 1212 Broadway, Suite
1400, Oakland, CA 94612 (510)444-0484 or critresist@aol.com
For program details please go to www.criticalresistance.org
Special Thanks to the Prison Activist Resource Center.
Critical Resistance
1212 Broadway, Suite 1400
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510)444-0484
Fax: (510)444-2177
rose@criticalresistance.org
crnational@criticalresistance.org
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