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Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Struggle and Change
Join DC Indymedia and Critical Resistance for an evening of film and discussion centered on prisons and the criminal injustice system.
"This Black Soil: A Story of Struggle and Change" is an inspiring and provocative documentary that chronicles the successful struggle of Bayview, Va., a small and severely impoverished rural African-American community, to pursue a new vision of prosperity. Catalyzed by defeating the state's plans to build a prison in their backyard, and with leadership by women in the community, the residents created the nonprofit Bayview Citizens for Social Justice, secured $7 million, purchased the prison site land, and are now building a new community from the ground up.
Included in the program are the activist shorts "No Escape: Prison Rape" and "CopWatch" by the Guerrilla News Network, as well as works from local videographers.
The screening will be held Thursday, Dec. 11, at Cafe Mawonaj (624 T St. NW). The shorts start at 7:30 p.m., and the feature begins at 8. Admission is free.
DC Metro Action is published by Michael Schlesinger, a 32-year veteran of electoral and issue organizing who is committed to social justice and to increasing participation in the political process.
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