[Cdhrsupport] Eugene Film Festival includes Legacy of Torture

Mon Feb 5 15:28:54 EST 2007

Revolutionary Film Festival:  Civil liberties in a time of crisis
February 16-17, 2007
University of Oregon Law School Room 175
Friday, February 16, 6 pm to 11 pm
Saturday, February 17, 10 am to 11 pm

The Civil Liberties Defense Center; American 
Constitution Society (U of Oregon chapter); and 
the National Lawyers Guild (Eugene chapter) 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 film-makers and subjects 
of the films who have been invited to attend.

Admission  suggested donation $2 to $5 per film; 
or get a great one-time deal on an annual 
membership in the Civil Liberties Defense Center 
for $25, with film admission for both days 
included.  Popcorn and other refreshments will be served.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16

6:00  OPENING INTRODUCTIONS by Lauren Regan 
(CLDC), Marianne Dugan (NLG), and Sarah Strock (ACS)

6:15  Introduction to "We Interrupt this Empire"

6:25   We Interrupt This Empire (52 minutes, 
2003) - a collaborative work by San Francisco Bay 
Area independent video activists, documenting 
direct actions that shut down the San Francisco 
financial district in the weeks following the 
U.S. invasion of Iraq.  Winner "Best of the Bay" (SF Bay Guardian)

7:30   Introduction to "The Torture Question"  
local attorney representing a Guantanamo detainee has been invited to speak

7:45   The Torture Question (90 minutes, 2005)  
Frontline documentary about Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib

9:20  Introduction to Mumia Abu-Jamal film

9:30 - 10:45  Mumia: A Case for Reasonable Doubt 
(74 minutes, 1997)  Convicted in 1981 of killing 
a white Philadephia police officer, Mumia 
Abu-Jamal was imprisoned in 1981.  Since then, he 
has become an author and NPR 
journalist.  Abu-Jamal's conviction has been 
protested by activists and celebrities because of 
irregularities in both the evidence and the 
conduct of his trial.  His case  along with the 
case's inconsistencies--are examined in detail.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17 

10:00  Introduction and Welcome to Day Two

10:15  Introduction to Katrina films "This is My 
Home" and "Prisoners of Katrina"

10:30  This Is My Home (23 minutes, 2006)  To 
lift the voices of New Orleans residents who 
remain displaced 16 months after Hurricane 
Katrina, Advancement Project co-produced a 
documentary titled about the fight for public 
housing in New Orleans.  Thousands of families 
are still shut out of their homes and remain 
displaced across the country.  A call to action 
for the public, politicians, and all 
justice-minded people to support their right to return home.

11:00   Prisoners of Katrina (60 minutes, 2006) 
 Documentary about the people in jail when 
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, who were abandoned by the jail staff.

12:05   Eugene Civil Rights Attorney and NLG 
member Marianne Dugan speaks about the National 
Lawyers Guild; intro to Kinoy movie

12:15  Doing Justice  The Life and Trials of 
Arthur Kinoy (50 minutes, 1994) - Kinoy was a 
National Lawyers Guild attorney who represented 
the Rosenbergs and continued to take on 
controversial civil rights cases through the 
Watergate era.  CINE Golden Eagle, 1994, Best of 
Festival, Vermont International Film Festival, 
1994, ABA Silver Gavel Award, 1995, Museum of 
Modern Art, Oakland Museum screenings, Free Speech TV, Film Arts Festival.

1:15   Introduction to Norfolk Four

1:20  Norfolk Four (32 minutes, 2006) - Four 
innocent men, all veterans of the U.S. Navy, were 
convicted of crimes they did not commit.  An 
objective, comprehensive review of this case by 
leading experts in the fields of forensic 
pathology, forensic DNA analysis, crime scene 
reconstruction, and false confessions.

2:00   Eugene Civil Rights Attorney and CLDC 
Founder/Executive Director Lauren Regan speaks about the USA Patriot Act

2:20  Civil Liberties Since 9/11 (82 minutes) - 
panel discussion with Lynne Stewart, Clark 
Kissinger, Len Weinglass, Michael Ratner, Abdeen 
Jabara, chaired by Michael Smith.

3:50   Intro to Judi Bari v. FBI documentary (filmmaker has been invited)

4:00  Forest For the Trees (60 minutes, 2006)  
Behind-the scenes look at a team of young 
activists and old lefties who came together to 
battle the U.S. government in Judi Bari vs. the 
FBI.  Judi Bari was an Earth First! leader who 
was severely injursed in 1990 when her car was 
bombed; three hours later, she was arrested as a 
terrorist  charges that were later 
dropped.  Convinced it was a ploy by the FBI to 
discredit her and Earth First!, Judi sued, with 
the help of a team of lawyers, including Dennis 
Cunningham (father of the film-maker) who has 
represented the Black Panthers and the Weathermen.

5:10  Introduction to "Juvies"

5:15  Juvies (66 minutes, 2004)  Documentary 
about twelve juveniles, tried as adults; their 
stories are inter-cut with commentary from 
academics, neurologists, a former district 
attorney, and others who discuss the trend in 
recent years across the United States to try 
juveniles as adults - more than 200,000 each year.

6:30  Introduction to Education of Shelby Knox

6:35  Education of Shelby Knox (76 minutes, 
2005)  A 15-year-old girl's transformation from 
conservative Southern Baptist to liberal 
Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight 
for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.

7:00  Introduction to "Fighting for Justice"

7:05  Fighting for Justice:  The Coram Nobis 
Cases (20 minutes)  Documentary about 
Japanese-Americans who made the choice to get 
arrested instead of go to the internment camps, and were prosecuted.

7:30  Introduction to "Blacklist"  Filmmaker Kenny Kilfara

7:40 - Blacklist: Recovering the Life of Canada 
Lee (30 minutes, 2006) -- the life of African 
American actor Canada Lee, who starred in Native 
Son and Cry, the Beloved Country, who was 
persecuted for his interracial marriage and 
blacklisted for refusing to cooperate with the McCarthy commission.

8:15  Introduction to Legacy of Torture  speaker invited

8:45  Legacy of Torture:  The War Against The 
Black Liberation Movement (28 minutes, 2006) 
  Video about five former Black Panther Party 
activists; opening in California in late January

9:20  Introduction to "Hearne, Texas"

9:25   Hearne, Texas:  Scenes from the Drug War 
(30 minutes, 2006) (Emily & Sarah Kunstler, 
directors) - 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.

10:00  Introduction to "Soul of Justice" (filmmaker has been invited)

10:10  Soul of Justice:  Thelton Henderson's 
American Journey (62 minutes, 2005) - As the 
first black attorney in the Civil Rights Division 
of the Kennedy Justice Department in the 1960’s, 
Henderson, fresh out of law school, confronted 
the intricate challenges of being a black man in 
authority within the largely all-white world of 
the American legal system. Appointed as a federal 
judge in 1980 by President Carter, he has 
addressed issues ranging from the inhumane 
conditions at Pelican Bay State Prison to the 
slaughter of dolphins by tuna-fishing fleets, to 
the elimination of affirmative action.

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