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Monday, September 15, 2003
Film, Panel Discussion
The 1999 HBO documentary "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" takes a critical look at the U.S. criminal justice system through the eyes of a D.C. public defender, who continues the struggle for civil rights by defending young black men and women who cannot afford representation and trying to help them break an ongoing cycle of crime and incarceration. The film follows James Forman Jr., who founded the Maya Angelou Public Charter School, an alternative high school for juvenile ex-offenders.
Attend a screening of the film, followed by a panel discussion about the role of education in breaking the cycle of poverty and crime, and what the DC community is doing to improve education for all of its children. The event begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Visions Cinema Bistro Lounge, 1927 Florida Ave. NW. Admission is $7 and all proceeds will benefit the students of the Maya Angelou School. For more information, e-mail Lauren Struck.
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