The Safety Project
Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex:
Third Annual Critical Resistance Film Festival
Critical Resistance, a national organization seeking an end to this nation's growing reliance on prisons to address social and economic problems, and Communities Against Rape and Abuse, present The Third Annual Critical Resistance Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex Film Festival. The eclectic festival will feature newly released documentaries, narratives, experimental shorts, and conclude with a panel of local and national activists envisioning alternatives to policing and prisons for building healthy and sustainable communities.
Friday, July 19, 2002, 7pm - 11pm
Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center in the Central District
104 17th Ave. S.
Saturday, July 20, 2002, 11am - 5pm
Seattle Central Community College on Capitol Hill, Room 1110
1701 Broadway
Suggested $5 donation each day. NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS.
Childcare is available for Saturday (11am 5pm). Please call 322.4856 to make arrangements.
For more information contact: CARA/Communities Against Rape and Abuse at 206-322-4856 or email to: info@cara-seattle.org.
Friday, July 19, 2002 (Venue: Langston Hughes, 104 17th Ave S. - at Yesler)
The Build Up
7pm
THE BLESSING (7min) & LIL PAYPA (4min)
These short films look at the prison industrial complex through the eyes of children and youth directly impacted by the crisis.
7:30pm
SAFETY ORANGE (60min)
This film outlines how the burgeoning criminal justice system has spilled over from the prison to society generally, examining how the architecture of public schools has come to mirror that of the prison over the last thirty years.
9:15pm
FENCED OUT (20min)
This film documents the fight for the Christopher St. pierone of the only places in New York City where low income, often homeless GLBTQ youth of color can safely hang out.
9:50pm
LOCKDOWNS UP (5min)
A quarterly conference call between Wall Street stock analysts and a US based prison corporation in the wake of 9.11 reveals how a nation's crisis becomes an opportunity for big business and growth.
10:00pm
CORRECTIONS (60min)
Weaving together the history of the leading corporations, testimony from experts and the lives of ordinary people, this film tells the story of the private prison, of justice turned to profit. Official Selection Slamdance Film Festival.
Saturday, July 20, 2002 (Venue: Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway - Capitol Hill)
Breaking Down The Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)
11:00am
BECA DE GILAS: REBECAšS STORY (20min)
Winner of the 1999 Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Documentary, this inspirational piece looks at 21 year old Gilroy based activist Rebeca Amendariz's work to empower her community and family.
11:30am
MEDIAN STRIP (5min)
This experimental short compares the build up the prison industrial complex with the landscape of this nation's highways and byways.
11:40am
A PRISON IN THE FIELDS: FALSE PROGRESS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY (20min)
This documentary debunks the myth that prisons are economic drivers for impoverished rural communities and exposes the environmental racism at play in prison siting today.
12:15pm
CUBAN EXCLUDABLES (60min)
In 1980, without being charged with any crime, thousands of Cuban refugees were detained in prisons across the U.S. — many still remain behind bars today. This powerful documentary, by famed filmmaker Estela Bravo, examines the role of the INS in the expansion of the prison industrial complex.
2:00pm
NEW WORLD BORDER (30min)
Filmmaker Jose Palafox studies the U.S. — Mexico border in the aftermath of the INS "Operation Gatekeeper" and implementation of "free trade" policies like NAFTA, while also giving us hope for change in the vibrant movement for immigrant rights.
2:45pm
POLICING THE BODY: GENDER, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, AND THE PIC
A panel discussion with local and national anti-violence organizers: Norma Timbaung (Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Ctr); Andrea Smith (National INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Critical Resistance); Dean Spade (Urban Justice Center, NYC). Moderated by Ronica Mukerjee (Chaya, Home Alive). Panelists will explore how the Prison Industrial Complex is a source of gendered violence, including rape, and discuss strong alternative models for building healthy, safe, and accountable communities.
4:00pm
TRUTH TO POWER (5min)
In 2000, women prisoners demanded that legislators meet with them about rampant human rights violations. Truth to Power highlights the powerful testimony of these brave women and challenges all of us to get organized.
4:10pm
ANGELA DAVIS AT INCITE! WOMEN OF COLOR AGAINST VIOLENCE 2002 (20min)
In her address at the INCITE! 2002 National Conference, Angela Davis examines the relationship between interpersonal and state violence, challenging audiences to think and organize across prison walls.
Endorsed by: Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center, Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, Western Prison Project, Prison Legal News, 2nd Chance Young Adult, People of Color Against AIDS Network, and The Hate Free Zone.
Presented by: Critical Resistance and Communities Against Rape and Abuse.
Critical Resistance seeks to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). We do this by challenging the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. We believe that basic necessities such as food, shelter, and freedom are what really make our communities secure. As such, our work is part of global struggles against inequality and powerlessness. The success of the movement requires that it reflect communities most affected by the PIC. Because we seek to abolish the PIC, we cannot support any work that extends its life or scope.
Communities Against Rape and Abuse increases community action to subvert rape, abuse and oppression. We work with communities to foster support, safety, and self-determination through critical dialogue, collective action, and community organizing.
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