Unlock the Box Film Screening

 unlockthebox@nym.hush.com 

START DATE: Friday December 11
TIME: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Location Details:
Black Dot Cafe 1195 Pine St. West Oakland

Event Type: Screening

"Unlock the Box" is a film documenting the struggle to shut down
control units (also called "long term isolation," "security 
housing units," "administrative segregation," etc.). The event will start
AT 7:30, followed by a Q&A with someone who worked on the film and
a comrade who has experienced control units first hand.

This event is FREE and wheelchair accessible.

Unlock the Box: The Movie

Unlock the Box is a movie documenting the struggle to put an end to long-term isolation in u.$. prisons that has been waged by prisoners and activists for decades. Starting from the premise that long-term isolation is a form of torture that serves no purpose except the state's oppressive aims at social control, Unlock the Box documents the many forms of struggle that this movement has taken over the years.

Each narrative is highlighted by the voices and artwork of current and former prisoners who have done time in control units. Also featured, is new research on the growth and extent of the use of long-term isolation in the united $tates. Throughout the movie there is a focus on lessons from struggle and analysis of the relationship between the prison movement and the global effort to put an end to imperialism in all its forms. The desired purpose of the movie is to continue to bring the realities of the torture going on in these prisons to a broader audience and to help create greater clarity on what needs to be done to replace a system of torture with a system that works in the interests of humynity.

Interview with Reel Soldier Productions on Stopmax screening
download flier from StopMax
Review by Prison Legal News