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Tuesday, October 2 |
Louis Brandeis: The People’s Attorney (2007)
Tuesday October 2, 2007, A D.C. Premiere
Justice Louis D. Brandeis was universally regarded as one of the great champions of liberty, progress, and justice. A ferocious litigator with a deep sense of social justice, Brandeis was a pioneering lawyer who took on class discord, corporate greed, and government excess. |
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| Tuesday, October 16 |
In The Tall Grass (2006)
57 mins.
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In The Tall Grass picks up where Hotel Rwanda left off, focusing on the Hutu and Tutsi as they struggle through Rwanda’s unique reconciliation process Gacaca, a network of grassroots community courts. With unprecedented access, this powerful documentary follows a survivor through this historic process as she confronts the man she says murdered her husband and children, giving audiences a stark and terrifying look at how the genocide of 1994 continues to shape the lives of Rwanda’s today. Winner Best Documentary – 2006 Annapolis Film Festival. Followed by a discussion with John Marks, Director and Founder of Search for Common Ground. |
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Tuesday, November 13 |
Girl Trouble (2004) 57 mins.
Tuesday November 13, 2007
Directed by Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko, Girl Trouble is an intimate look at the compelling personal stories of three teenagers entangled in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system. Trying to change their lives, the girls work part-time at the innovative Center for Young Women’s Development, an organization run by young women who have faced similar challenges. Followed by Q & A with Joan Hurley of The Ionia R. Whipper Home, a residential program for abused, abandoned, and neglected girls. |
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Tuesday, January 22 |
Beyond Conviction (2006)
Tuesday January 22, 2008
Beyond Conviction tells the moving story of three crime victims on a journey toward healing and resolution. The film follows participants in a pioneering program run by the state of Pennsylvania in which victims of the most violent crimes meet face-to-face with their perpetrators. Followed by a discussion with director Rachel Libert. |
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| Thursday, February 21 |
Reckless Indifference (2004) 94 mins.
February 21, 2008
The fatal stabbing of a marijuana dealer might not warrant an extraordinary level of prosecutorial gusto, but the 1996 death of Jimmy Farris, the son of a Los Angeles police officer, in a ritzy L.A. suburb appeared to bring an uncommonly energetic response from the local District Attorney.
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| Thursday, April 17 |
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Thursday April 17, 2008
Described as one of the most important and influential movies of the decade, by Premiere Magazine, The Thin Blue Line is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976. Followed by a discussion on the influence of film and media in changing the legal system.
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