[van-announce] Prison Justice Day Film Night: Women In Prison: Fri July 22nd

[Prisoners' Justice Day Committee]

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Prison Justice Day Film Night: Women and Prison
Friday July 22nd 2005,   7:30 pm
Video In Studios, 1965 Main Street (at 3rd)
East Vancouver, Coast Salish Territory
By donation.

Coast Salish Welcome: Cease Wyss
Speakers: Strength In Sisterhood & Joint Effort


FILMS:

EYES IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD
(33 min CDN 2003 doc)   Director: Clarke Mackey
Armed with disposable cameras, former prisoners return to the now-closed
Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario, to reflect on their
experiences and the city known as the  prison capital of Canada. Featuring
ex-prisoner Ann Hansen, as well as Dr. Julia Sudbury of  Critical
Resistance, who examines the role of the Prison Industrial Complex in
Canada and around the world.

Preceded by:

RELEASED: FIVE SHORT VIDEOS ABOUT WOMEN & PRISON
(28 min U.S. 2001 doc)
RELEASED features former political prisoner Angela Davis, filmmaker Cheryl
Dunye and  Duran Ruiz’s deconstruction of 20/20’s representation of Ruiz’s
life as prisoner, prostitute  and junkie. RELEASED boldly styles an
innovative statement about women, prison, artistic collaboration and
documentary.


This event is co-sponsored by the Prison Justice Day Committee and Video
In Studios (http://www.videoinstudios.com).  All proceeds go to benefit
prisoner support groups inside and outside of prison.

Prison Justice Day - August 10th was started by prisoners in 1975 as a day
to remember all the men and women who have died from unnatural causes
inside of Canadian prisons.


Other Upcoming Prison Justice Day 2005 Events:
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Annual Prisoners’ Justice Day Memorial Rally
Wednesday August 10th, 7:00 pm
Claire Culhane Memorial Bench
SE Corner of Trout Lake, 15th & Victoria, East Vancouver
Speakers include ex-prisoners, prisoners rights activists and performers.
Everyone Welcome. Rain or Shine.


30 years of Prison Justice Day:  Radio Documentary
Airing on:
Monday August 8th, 7pm. Co-op Radio 102.7 FM. www.coopradio.org
Wed August 10th, 4pm.  CJSF, 90.1 FM. www.cjsf.ca
Also available for download (as of August 1st, 2005) on
http://www.prisonjustice.ca


Prison Justice Day Committee -- Vancouver
http://www.prisonjustice.ca
604-682-3269 x3019
pjd at prisonjustice.ca
PO Box 78005, 1755 East Broadway.  Vancouver, BC     V5N 5W1


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More about Prison Justice Day -- August 10th.

August 10th is a day set aside each year when prisoners and supporters
gather to honour the memory of the men and women who have died unnatural
deaths inside of Canadian prisons. On August 10th, 1974, Eddie Nalon bled
to death in a solitary confinement unit at Millhaven Maximum Security
Prison near Kingston, Ontario, when the emergency call button in his cell
failed to work. An inquest into his death found that the call buttons in
unit had been deactivated by the guards. Following the death of another
prisoner in 1976, in that same unit, it was discovered that the call
buttons had not been repaired. Prisoners mark the anniversary of these
deaths by fasting and refusing to work.

What started as a one time event behind the walls of one prison has become
a national day of solidarity. On this day, prisoners  across the country
fast, refuse to work, and remain in their cells, while supporters organize
community events to draw attention to the conditions inside of prisons.

Prisoner deaths from murder, suicide, and neglect, can and must be prevented.

For a full history of PJD and more on prison abolition issues go to
http://www.prisonjustice.ca