Katie Halper
April 25, 2008 |
4:43 pm EST
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The Sean Bell verdict has provoked outrage and action, as Gina blogged. Tonight, you can learn about police brutality and
by attending a screening of Every Mother’s Son, Tami Gold’s award-winning documentary about the mothers of three victims of police brutality whose stories made headlines around the country: Amadou Diallo, the young West African man whose killing sparked intense public protest; Anthony Baez, killed in an illegal choke-hold; and Gary (Gidone) Busch, a Hasidic Jew shot and killed outside his Brooklyn home. The film follows the victims’ three mothers
as they come together to demand justice and accountability. The film won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated for an Emmy. And it was chosen to be part of National Video Resources’ Human Rights Video Project, a national library project created to increase the public’s awareness of human rights issues through the medium of documentary films. The screening and discussion is part of the Culture Project’s Women Center Stage Festival and is at 6PM @ The Puffin Room @ 435 Broome Street. Order tickets or buy them at the door tonight at the The Puffin Room.
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