[van-announce] Thurs Jan 22nd: Politics Of Prison Film Night

[emily]

Politics of Prison: A Joint Effort Film night

Thurs Jan 22nd, 2004. 7pm
Video In. 1965 Main St (@ 3rd)
$0-$10 sliding scale

Films:
Doing Time (Lorna Boschman) -- [about experiences of women in prison]
and
Corporate Lockdown (Sarah Zammit) [about prison privatization in Canada]

Followed by Speakers.

We will be looking at the implications of the upcoming BC Liberal
government's closure of the Burnaby Correctional Centre for Women in
March. Women in prison in BC are heading into worse conditions, some
heading straight into mens lock ups.
Find out more about privatization of Canadian prisons.


Organized  by Joint Effort, a women in prison support group.

Co-presented by
DOXA, Documentary Film and Video Festival (www.vcn.bc.ca/doxa)
and Video In Studios. (www.videoin.ca)

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Joint Effort
www.prisonjustice.ca
604-682-3269 x3019
j_effort at hotmail.com