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Film: "And Justice for All" (U.S. responses to September 11) - Premiere Showing
Date/Time
December 10 (Wednesday),
7:00 PM
Location
Northwest Asian American Theater, 409 7th Avenue South (next door to the Wing Luke Asian Museum)
Sponsored by
Hate Free Zone, Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride (Seattle) and the Sikh Coalition
This is a new documentary film on U.S. responses to September 11 and their impact on immigrants, civil and human rights, and our character as a people. Find reasons for hope in a dialogue with the filmmaker Sandy Cioffi and Pramila Jayapal, Aziz Junejo, Mako Nakagawa, and Hardeep Rekhi, all featured in the movie. Francisco Herrera, San Francisco cultural artist, will lead a celebration of our unity.
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This is a new documentary film on U.S. responses to September 11 and their impact on immigrants, civil and human rights, and our character as a people. Find reasons for hope in a dialogue with the filmmaker Sandy Cioffi and Pramila Jayapal, Aziz Junejo, Mako Nakagawa, and Hardeep Rekhi, all featured in the movie. Francisco Herrera, San Francisco cultural artist, will lead a celebration of our unity.
Featured guests:
Sandy Cioffi is a Seattle-based film and video artist who has produced/directed several films including the critically acclaimed "Crocodile Tears" "Terminal 187" and "Just Us" Sandy is a regular guest on the NPR show "Rewind" and teaches at Seattle Central Community College in the film and video communications department.
Francisco Herrera is a musician and cultural artist from San Francisco. His work includes, "Strength from the Roots" a presentation drawing on our immigrant heritage to foster hope in the midst of the struggle for life. He has collaborated with the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, the Seattle Labor Chorus and the Washington Living Wage Movement. Francisco helped to produce the video on economic globalization, "Uprooted"
Pramila Jayapal is the Executive Director and founder of Hate Free Zone Washington, a nonprofit organization created in response to the backlash against immigrant communities of color following September 11, 2001.
Aziz Junejo, who has hosted the TV program 'Focus on Islam' for 13 years, is a frequent local commentator on issues facing the Muslim community. He has traveled extensively throughout the Muslim world, including Bosnia. During that conflict he helped organize a national protest in Washington DC.
Mako Nakagawa is a past President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), Seattle Chapter. In 1942 Mako was evacuated to Camp Harmony in Puyallup, then interned at Minidoka, War Relocation Authority Internment Camp, Idaho as a result of Executive Order 9066, which imprisoned 17,000 Americans of Japanese descent.
Hardeep Rekhi is a member of the Sikh Coalition legal team and practices law with Lane Powell Spears and Lubersky LLP. He has testified and spoken out repeatedly about his and others' experiences of discrimination in the hysteria following September 11.
Free admission.
Co-sponsored by the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride- Seattle and the Sikh Coalition
Information:
Liza Wilcox
Hate Free Zone Washington
(206) 723-2203 x206
liza@hatefreezone.org
Website for more info:
http://www.depts.washington.edu/hrights/calendarevent.htm#December2003
Contact Person:
Liza Wilcox
Contact Email:
liza@hatefreezone.org
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