A Right to a Beat Down - June 8th, 6:30-8:30pm
Submitted by FREE on June 3, 2009 - 7:37pm.
FREE! Families Film Forum invites you, JUNE 8th, as we feature "Black and Blue", by Hugh King and Lamar Williams, a documentary about police brutality, and the ways that communities stand up for their rights. We will show clips from a work-in-progress about a recent, local case of police misconduct, produced by Prison Famz Productions. The screenings are followed by discussion among community leaders and members about reclaiming the streets and keeping our communities safe for ourselves.
Life Sentence/Teach Our Children/Re-Imagine the Future!
FREE! Families Film Forum presents:
Re-imagine the Future: The Journey from Prison to College: How minds, lives, families and futures have been positively transformed by higher education – and how the College Initiative helped them attain it.
Supreme Court Limits Warrantless Vehicle Searches
Submitted by FREE on April 22, 2009 - 3:42pm.by Mark Sherman
Associated Press
April 22, 2009
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police need a warrant to search the vehicle of someone they have arrested if the person is locked up in a patrol cruiser and poses no safety threat to officers.
The Court's 5-4 decision in a case from Arizona puts new limits on the ability of police to search a vehicle immediately after the arrest of a suspect, particularly when the alleged offense is nothing more serious than a traffic violation.
Justice John Paul Stevens said in the majority opinion that warrantless searches still may be conducted if a car's passenger compartment is within reach of a suspect who has been removed from the vehicle or there is reason to believe evidence will be found of the crime that led to the arrest.
Crips and Bloods: Made in America DON'T MISS IT!
Submitted by FREE on April 8, 2009 - 8:19pm.
FREE! Families Film Forum proudly presents:
Crips and Bloods: Made in America, Directed by Stacy Peralta, Narrated by Forrest Whittaker.
Monday, April 13th, 6:15-8:30pm, Maysles Cinema, Harlem
343 Malcolm X Blvd/127th Street
Special Guest Speakers!
Don't Sleep! RSVP - Space IS LIMITED!
prisonfamz@gmail.com;718-706-0195
(Additional screenings without speakers through 15th)
FREE! Families Film Forum features "CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA"
WATCH THE TRAILER HERE!
FREE! Families Film Forum, in conjunction with Maysles Cinema, is proud to present:
CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA, a film documenting the historic struggle between two West Coast gangs, their origins, and how young people today can escape the clutches of this age-old beef, resulting in Black on Black genocide and fueling the Prison Industrial Complex.
Prison Famz Productions highlighted across the U.S. on GRIT TV
In this beautifully balanced program featuring artists and activists from the Women's Prison Association, Prison Famz Productions is honored to have footage, shot by our very own Emmanuel Tam, lead us in to the segment. Flanders facilitates the sharing of complex stories about women and mothers serving outrageous sentences for non-violent, drug related crimes under the Rockefeller Drug Laws, and the ways that women are treated and impacted by a harsh, unforgiving for-profit prison industry.
TAKE ACTION! What would YOU do with $220 Million a Year?
Submitted by FREE on March 17, 2009 - 11:46am.You’re invited to give 15 minutes of your time to FREE! We are creating a video for the Governor to tell him how we want him to spend the $220 million a year that will be saved by repealing the Rockefeller Drug laws. We need Governor Paterson to reinvest that money to combat the ROOT CAUSES of the drug crisis. Usually these budget decisions are made behind closed doors, and could be happening while we speak. But this year, before April 1st, we want him and the other Senators in Albany to hear our suggestions.
$$$ FREE! Art Contest!! $$$ Deadline Extended!
FREE! will be seeking submissions for an official logo and other graphic art - sharpen your pencils - WIN MONEY!!
What does FREE! LOOK LIKE??
CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
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FREE! is seeking submissions of original visual art and graphics that can be used as a logo and/or for organizational promotional materials. The image should be simple, powerful, and active, and reflect what our organization is about:
FREE! Families Rally for Emancipation (FREEDOM) and Empowerment (SELF DETERMINATION).
PEOPLE CHANGE! The "Nature of the Crime" Never Does...(TM 2009)
FREE! knows that people change. In fact, that's why we engage in working with people who have incarcerated loved ones, because over time, we see that we can all become leaders, agents of change in our own lives, shaping our own destinies.
We reward and support the strong family values that exist in communities of color and low income communities that keep families together, instead of throwing people away just because they've gotten into trouble, or somehow found themselves imprisoned.