[van-announce] FILM: GHOSTS OF ATTICA, Fri Sept 13

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On the 31st Anniversary of the Attica Prison Uprising
Joint Effort and the Blinding Light Cinema present
the Vancouver Premiere of the film:

			GHOSTS of ATTICA

Fri  Sept 13, 2002
Two Screenings: 8:30 & 10:00 pm (doors @ 8pm)

Blinding Light Cinema, 36 Powell Street, Gastown, Vancouver.
Admission $5 with a $3 annual membership

Attica. Like Watergate and Vietnam, it is an icon of recent history.
Governor Rockefeller's brutal re-taking of the prison - a nine-minute,
1600-bullet assault that took the lives of 29 prisoners and 10 guards -
put an end to the four day rebellion. But the struggle for justice, by
both prisoners and guards, has endured for three decades.

Ghosts of Attica (2001) 90 minutes
Directed by Brad Lichtenstein. Produced by David Van Taylor & Brad
Lichtenstein. Narrated by Susan Sarandon.

Ghosts of Attica offers the definitive account of America's most violent
prison rebellion, its suppression, and the days of torture that ensued.
Using exclusive, newly uncovered video of the assault, interviews with
eyewitnesses who've never spoken before on-camera, and footage of
prisoners and hostages throughout their battles against the state, this
film unravels one of America's deepest cover-ups, and shows how the
legendary prison riot transformed the lives of its survivors. Only last
year, prisoners wrested an historic $12 million settlement from the state,
and that bittersweet victory spurred a new round of agitation by guards
and their survivors.

Joint Effort is a women in prison support group.

www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/jointeffort.html
j_effort at hotmail.com
604.682.3269 ext 3019

Joint Effort
P.O. Box 78005
2606 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, B.C.
V5W 5W1