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August 30- September 20, 2021
Abolition Now! 50 Years of the Attica Prison Uprising
Presented by Maysles Documentary Center
Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
TEACH OUR CHILDREN in-person screening and talk
Friday, September 10, 8 PM EDT
ATTICA Sidewalk Cinema Screening
Monday, September 13, 7 PM EDT
Live Zoom Panel Discussion with Filmmakers and Activist
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Drawing on films made from 1971 to the present day, Abolition Now! 50 Years of the Attica Prison Uprising chronicles, commemorates and politicizes the events of the 1971 uprising and massacre—tracing George Jackson’s influence—through six nonfiction visual representations that came out of it and a digital album.
Third World Newsreel will present TEACH OUR CHILDREN, an experimental documentary on the historic 1971 Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York. It targets the conditions that caused prisoners to take drastic steps toward securing their basic rights. The film questions the reactions of prison warden Oswald, New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, and President Nixon, as well as the death of 31 inmates and prison guards from bullets fired by the National Guard. Through on-site footage taken during and following the rebellion, and follow-up interviews with inmates, this film relates a powerful message concerning prisoner's rights and provides an important historical document. A Third World Newsreel film directed by Christine Choy and Susan Robeson.
Also Showing:
ATTICA (1972)
STILL ATTICA REMAINS (1975)
GEORGE JACKSON/ SAN QUENTIN 1972
PRISON IN 12 LANDSCAPES (2016)
EVIDENCE OF THE EVIDENCE (2018)
Curated by Emily Apter. Co-presented with Third World Newsreel. With support from Cinereach, Vital Projects Fund, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the National Film Board of Canada. In Collaboration with Attica Is All of Us, The Freedom Archives, and the Documentary Forum at CCNY.
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Saturday, September 11, 1 PM PST
CHINATOWN FILES Virtual Screening & Talk
with Filmmaker Amy Chen and Prof Ling-Chi Wang
Presented by the Chinese Historical Society of America
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Chinatown Files explores the legacy of McCarthyism on the Chinese American community. Chinese American men and women who were hunted down, jailed and targeted for deportation speak for the first time about how they and their friends were investigated and prosecuted by government agents during the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950s. At the height of the hysteria, thousands of Chinese immigrants and American citizens of Chinese descent were targeted because of their ethnicity and alleged risk to national security. This cautionary tale of xenophobia and hysteria serves as a reminder of the fragility of constitutional protections today. Directed by Amy Chen, TWN Workshop graduate.
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September 14-19, 2021
New York Latino Film Festival
Virtual and Drive-In Screenings
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Join the New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) to celebrate cinema by and about Latinos with seven days of virtual and drive-in screenings.
NYLFF is the premier Urban Latino film event in the country. Since its founding in 1999, the NYLFF produces culturally relevant and entertaining experiences that build audiences for Latino cinema, support the film community with professional development and foster relationships for Latino talent. Third World Newsreel is proud fiscal sponsor of the NYLFF.
Thursday Sep 16, 2021, 8:00 pm
This is the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s. A mosaic of voices, film footage, and photographs taken by student activists, the film highlights how students and faculty seized the moment to build upon an alliance of Puerto Rican, African American, and other progressive students forged in their communities and the civil rights movement. Together they changed the face of higher education, transforming the curriculum and expanding who gets educated.
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Mississippi Triangle
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Dreams Deferred
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Another Brother
Vimeo on Demand
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Third World Newsreel Briefly includes interviews with JT Takagi, Executive Director, Bev Grant, Newsreel filmmaker, Desi del Valle, former staff and TWN Workshop Fellow, and Kazembe Balagun, TWN Workshop Fellow. Thanks to Pablo Arribas of LaVitrola.cl for the interview and trailer and the TWN family for their support!
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TWN is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the Peace Development Fund, as well as individual donors.
TWN also gratefully acknowledges support from an NEA CARES grant, the NY Community Trust, and a Humanities New York CARES Grant with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the federal CARES Act. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in our programs do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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