Free Admission
David A Clark School of Law
Building 39-Room201 at 5:30 pm

Soul of Justice: 
Thelton Henderson’s American Journey
FEBRUARY, 2007
The award-winning documentary about Judge Thelton Henderson from his days as the first African- American attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division in the early 60s to his remarkable quarter-century service on the federal bench (2006: 60 mins.). Followed by a discussion with director Abby Ginzberg, herself a lawyer


The Innocent
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 2007
Director Lauri Feldman’s record of the story of people exonerated from death row in the United States, told, collectively, from their point of view. Their stories are told within the framework of events surrounding former Illinois Governor George Ryan’s decision to commute the sentences of all death row convicts in the state to life in prison without parole (2005: 71 min). Q&A featuring Steven Bright, Founder of the Southern Center for Human Rights and one of the exonerated, Kirk Bloodsworth.

Larry v. Lockney
THURSDAY, MARCH 19th, 2007
A west Texas town begins mandatory drug testing of their sixth through 12th graders. One man, Larry Tannahill, says, "No, not my son." Standing alone by his moral decision that cost him job and home, the third-generation cotton farmer asks the ACLU to help fight for his son's Fourth Amendment rights– pitting one man against his neighbors in a historic legal case study on the Bill of Rights (2002: 56 mins.). Q&A with DC Schools Rep and Constitutional Lawyer.



Justice
APRIL, 2007
How and for whom does the judicial system work in Brazil? Maria Ramos takes her neutral camera into a criminal courtroom in Rio de Janeiro. She observ-es the daily routine of several people on both sides: those who work there every day (public attorneys, judges, prosecutors), and those who are merely passing through(the accused)
(2004)

Doing Justice: The Life and Trials of Arthur Kinoy
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 2006
Abby Ginzberg’s  powerful film of the life of Arthur Kinoy, “the people’s lawyer’ a prominent civil rights lawyer and founder of the Center for Constitut-ional Rights. The film portrays Kinoy's landmark cases from the Rosenbergs through Watergate. (1995: 51 mins.) Q&A with Wade Henderson, Executive Director of the Leader-ship Conference on Civil Rights and a former student of Arthur Kinoy.

All for the Taking: 21st-Century Urban Renewal
TUESDAY, OCTOBER  5th, 2006
In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain, Director George McCollough examines the personal struggles of residents impacted by Philadelphia’s urban renewal program and illustrates how housing activists are fighting eminent domain abuse. Human Rights Film Festival honoree (2005: 58 min). Q&A with director George McCollough, co-producer Joy Butts and Prof. Louise Howells, Co-Director of UDC’s Community Development Clinic.

Reasonable Doubt: Can Crime Labs Be Trusted?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 2006
Can forensic evidence and crime labs be trusted to be scientifically accurate? This film, originally aired on CNN, examines the lack of standards, quality controls and training at many of the nation’s forensic laboratories and looks at how those problems have contributed to a string of wrongful convictions across the country. Ken Shiffman and Robin Mejia (2005: 56 mins.). Q&A with UDC Prof. William McLain and Adjunct Prof. Stephen Mercer.

School Prayer: Community at War
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21st, 2006
Raising complex issues about tolerance, this film chronicles an impassioned clash of principles in which the Constitutional right of an individual collides with the deep-rooted tradition of community. An Emmy Award Winning Film (1999: 56 min).  Q&A with director Slawomir Grunberg, and Art Spitzer, Legal Director of the ACLU, National Capital Area.