[opirgyork] Toronto Premiere + Free Screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary

[OPIRG York]

*Toronto Premiere + Free Screening of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary*

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*DATE & TIME:* Thursday May 2, 2013 | 6PM - 9PM
*LOCATION:* Nat Taylor Cinema, N102 Ross Building, York University Keele
Campus, 4700 Keele St
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Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to
die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now
after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him,
Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke
and inspire.

REBELS WITH A CAUSE FILM FESTIVAL, CINEMA POLITICA AT YORK, OPIRG YORK and
JUSTICE IS NOT COLOUR-BLIND host the FREE SCREENING of Stephen Vittoria's
new feature documentary - an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider
America's most famous political prisoner - a man whose existence tests our
beliefs about freedom of expression. Through prison interviews, archival
footage, and dramatic readings, and aided by a potent chorus of voices
including Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy
Goodman and others, this riveting film explores Mumia's life before, during
and after Death Row - revealing, in the words of Angela Davis, "the most
eloquent and most powerful opponent of the death penalty in the world...the
21st Century Frederick Douglass."

Film length: 120 min.

After the screening of the film, a panel will be speaking about:
+ Racist policies in the North American criminal justice system
+ Inconsistencies between governmental criminal justice policies and
international law
+ Prison systems as oppressive tools of the state

*SPEAKING ON THE PANEL WILL BE:*

*STEPHEN VITTORIA* - Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia
Abu-Jamal writer, director and producer (via Skype)
*MOHAMMED MAHJOUB *– Infamous Canadian security certificate detainee who
has spent the last 12 years in either detention or house arrests.

Facilitated by Chris Deo - CHRY 105.5 NEWS NOW host.

We regret that the film does not have caption. Nat Taylor Cinema is
wheelchair accessible.
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For info and accessibility contact:* rebels at opirgyork.ca

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416-736-5724
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*There are many ways to get involved at OPIRG. We currently have 8 OPIRG
York working groups:*
Art For Justice, Justice is Not Colour Blind, Students for a Free Tibet, YU
Free Press, Environmental Justice York, Progressive Filipino Canadians for
Community Empowerment and Development (PFCCED), Students Against Israeli
Apartheid, and the Vanier Prison Support Line working group. You can contact
Victoria Barnett, our volunteer coordinator, about ways to get involved in
these working groups: victoria at opirgyork.ca.

*We also have three different collectives: *PrOPIRGanda Radio, Radical
Reading Room and PrOPIRGanda Zine- see the callouts below. You can contact
us about ways to get involved in these collectives: opirg at yorku.ca.
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