Saturday, February 10, 2007

Eugene, OR: "Revolutionary Film Festival" 2/16-2/17

The Civil Liberties Defense Center, American Constitution Society and the National Lawyers Guild are co-sponsoring a civil liberties film festival the evening of Friday, February 16, and all day Saturday, February 17. Each film will have a short introduction, some by local civil rights attorneys and others by the filmmakers.
February 16 & 17
U of O Law School, Room 175
1515 Agate St., Eugene

Suggested donation $2 to $5 per film or Civil Liberties Defense Center
or American Constitution Society membership special of $20, with film
admission for both days included.

Popcorn and refreshments will be served.


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16

6:00 - We Interrupt This Empire - Collaborative work by San Francisco
Bay Area independent video activists, documenting the shutdown of the
San Francisco financial district following the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

7:25 - The Torture Question - Frontline documentary about Guantanamo and
Abu Ghraib.

9:20 - Mumia: A Case for Reasonable Doubt - Convicted in 1981 of killing
a white Philadelphia police officer, Mumia Abu-Jamal was imprisoned in
1981. His conviction contains irregularities in both the evidence and
the conduct of his trial.

10:50 - Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson's American Journey - The
challenges the first black attorney in the Civil Rights Division of
JFK's Justice Dept. confronted being a black man in authority within the
all-white world of the American legal system.


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17

10:00 - This Is My Home - Documentary about New Orleans residents who
remain displaced 16 months after Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of
families are still shut out of their homes and remain displaced across
the country.

11:00 - Doing Justice: The Life and Trials of Arthur Kinoy -
Award-winning documentary about a NLG attorney who represented the
Rosenbergs and continued to take on controversial civil rights cases
through the Watergate era.

12:15 - Norfolk Four - Four veterans of the U.S. Navy were convicted of
crimes they did not commit. This film is a review of the case by leading
experts in the fields of pathology, DNA analysis, crime reconstruction,
and confessions.

1:00 - Civil Liberties Since 9/11 - Informative and shocking panel
discussion with Lynne Stewart, Clark Kissinger, Len Weinglass, Michael
Ratner, Abdeen Jabara, chaired by Michael Smith.

2:50 - Forest For the Trees - Inside look at a team of young activists
and old lefties battling the U.S. government in Judi Bari vs. the FBI.
Bari was an Earth First! leader severely injured when her car was
bombed, and she was arrested as a terrorist — charges later dropped.
Suspecting a ploy by the FBI to discredit her and Earth First!, Judi
sued and won!

4:20 - Juvies - Compelling documentary about 12 juveniles tried as
adults. Includes commentary from academics, doctors, a former D.A., and
others who discuss the trend in recent years across the United States to
try juveniles as adults.

5:50 - Education of Shelby Knox - A 15-year-old girlʼs transformation
from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent
feminist parallels her fight for sex education and gay rights in
Lubbock, Texas.

7:30 - Fighting for Justice: The Coram Nobis Cases - Documentary about
Japanese- Americans who made the choice to get arrested instead of go to
the internment camps and were prosecuted. Gayle Yamada, the filmmaker,
will introduce the film.

8:25 - Blacklist: Recovering the Life of Canada Lee - The life of
African American actor Canada Lee, who was persecuted for his
interracial marriage and blacklisted for refusing to cooperate with the
McCarthy commission. Kenny Kilfara, the filmmaker, will introduce the film.

9:30 - Legacy of Torture: The War Against The Black Liberation Movement
- Former Black Panther Party members face government harassment.
Co-producer Claude Marks will introduce the film.

10:35 - Hearne, Texas: Scenes from the Drug War - The story of a
community engaged in a struggle to clear the names of those swept up in
a corrupt drug raid; produced in association with the ACLU of Texas.

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