Sunday Shorts - Incarceration - 120 YEARS, A CIVIL WAR: FOR THE SOUL OF BLACK AMERICA and EDGE OF DAYBREAK
Dwyer Cultural Center New York, NY
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Sunday Shorts - Incarceration - 120 YEARS, A CIVIL WAR: FOR THE SOUL OF BLACK AMERICA and EDGE OF DAYBREAK
120 YEARS New York Premiere Directors: Lukas Cox, Matt Nadell Country: USA, Running Time: 37 min 120 Years tells the story of Scott Lewis, a citizen of New Haven, Connecticut who was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he never committed. Over the course of two decades, Lewis built his case from behind bars, poring over legal texts, writing to attorneys, and holding out hope that one day he might walk free. This story traces the ramifications of his wrongful conviction on a family that lost 20 precious years together, on a community shaken by corruption, and on an exonerated man desperately making up for lost time. Through the lens of Scott Lewis' story, 120 Years offers a glimpse into the lives of the individuals our criminal justice system leaves behindand the extraordinary fight it takes to reverse their fates.
A CIVIL WAR: FOR THE SOUL OF BLACK AMERICA Director: Khinmay Lwin van der Mee Country: USA, Running Time: 23 min Respectability politics invades the African American community. A civil divide underlies those who believe respectable "social values" are more defining of social ills than systemic racism. In solidarity with the marginalized, USC Law Professor Jody David Armour grew a large afro to illustrate a point against the politics of respectability. His social achievements did not deter LAPD from handcuffing and holding him at gunpoint in front of his home, nor did it prevent him from being targeted as homeless and almost ejected from the JW Marriot Hotel lobby in downtown Los Angeles. His 1997 book, Negrophobia & Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America, details the Black Tax all African Americans must pay. Over twenty years later, that tax still plagues Black America.
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EDGE OF DAYBREAK New York Premiere Director: Alix Lambert Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min The re-release of an acclaimed soul album made in prison in 1979 and the men who made it - one of whom ended up buying the record store that used to send music to him in jail.
Followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers
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Dwyer Cultural Center (View)
258 St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10027
United States
