Mumia Abu Jamal All Day event
Sat 4th February 11am to 1pm then 2-5pm
BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1
Tube: Waterloo
www.bfi.org.uk
Admission £5.00 best to book early
A day of films and discussion about Mumia Abu-Jamal, civil rights campaigner currently serving a life sentence in the US
Join part or the whole day - the main film will take place in the afternoon.
Morning:11am-1pm
Welcome / brief intro duction giving background for JUSTICE DENIED documentary, hitherto unseen film featuring last video appearance of Mumia (on Death Row) .
JUSTICE DENIED screening.
Panel discussion featuring Avery Gordon ( Professor of Sociologist UCLA ) , Chair Colin Prescod (Institue of Race Relations ) to respond to questions raised by the film and its wider context in US and UK
Afternoon 2pm :
IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE
I was born in London on December 9th 1981. Over 3000 miles away Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Black Panther and radical journalist, was arrested for the murder of a police officer in Philadelphia. He claimed he was innocent but was sentenced to death and has been awaiting execution ever since. Over the years, he has attracted massive international support from organisations like Amnesty International and world leaders like Nelson Mandela amongst others. I'm now 24 years old and in that time Mumia has become the most famous and controversial death row inmate in America".
Despite his situation, and against all odds, Mumia has managed to penetrate the consciousness of people like Will. Through his writings and his web and radio broadcasts from Death Row, he has become known to many as "the Voice of the Voiceless".
"In Prison My Whole Life" takes us to some surprising places and brings us into contact with some of America's most original minds. Never-seen-before footage and brand new evidence create a prevailing case for reasonable doubt while exploring the socio-political climate of America past and present. Angela Davis, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Snoop Dogg, Steve Earle, Amy Goodman and many others take us through a decades-old struggle for equality, fairness and respect that so many Americans strive for to this day
Followed by panel discussion with Avery Gordon, Colin Prescod , Director Marc Evans, Producer Livia Firth
Focus of the discussion will be
To consider the events subsequent to Mumia coming off Death Row,
The wider history of the Civil Rights movement and its relation to prison system,
UK prison system
Tickets for the morning session are £3.00 and £5.00 for the afternoon session
BOX OFFICE 0207 928 3232
Sat 4th February 11am to 1pm then 2-5pm
BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road SE1
Tube: Waterloo
www.bfi.org.uk
Admission £5.00 best to book early
A day of films and discussion about Mumia Abu-Jamal, civil rights campaigner currently serving a life sentence in the US
Join part or the whole day - the main film will take place in the afternoon.
Morning:11am-1pm
Welcome / brief intro duction giving background for JUSTICE DENIED documentary, hitherto unseen film featuring last video appearance of Mumia (on Death Row) .
JUSTICE DENIED screening.
Panel discussion featuring Avery Gordon ( Professor of Sociologist UCLA ) , Chair Colin Prescod (Institue of Race Relations ) to respond to questions raised by the film and its wider context in US and UK
Afternoon 2pm :
IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE
I was born in London on December 9th 1981. Over 3000 miles away Mumia Abu-Jamal, a Black Panther and radical journalist, was arrested for the murder of a police officer in Philadelphia. He claimed he was innocent but was sentenced to death and has been awaiting execution ever since. Over the years, he has attracted massive international support from organisations like Amnesty International and world leaders like Nelson Mandela amongst others. I'm now 24 years old and in that time Mumia has become the most famous and controversial death row inmate in America".
Despite his situation, and against all odds, Mumia has managed to penetrate the consciousness of people like Will. Through his writings and his web and radio broadcasts from Death Row, he has become known to many as "the Voice of the Voiceless".
"In Prison My Whole Life" takes us to some surprising places and brings us into contact with some of America's most original minds. Never-seen-before footage and brand new evidence create a prevailing case for reasonable doubt while exploring the socio-political climate of America past and present. Angela Davis, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, Snoop Dogg, Steve Earle, Amy Goodman and many others take us through a decades-old struggle for equality, fairness and respect that so many Americans strive for to this day
Followed by panel discussion with Avery Gordon, Colin Prescod , Director Marc Evans, Producer Livia Firth
Focus of the discussion will be
To consider the events subsequent to Mumia coming off Death Row,
The wider history of the Civil Rights movement and its relation to prison system,
UK prison system
Tickets for the morning session are £3.00 and £5.00 for the afternoon session
BOX OFFICE 0207 928 3232
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