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5 part Death Penalty Film Series. Film starts at 7:00 pm.<BR>
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THIS WEEK: At the Death House Door (2008) ***Special preview screening!***<BR>
A film by the makers of Hoop Dreams <BR>
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Free movie, snacks, food, beer, and wine provided. All films will be shown at 7:00 pm at the Lucy Parsons bookstore, 549 Columbus Ave, South End, Boston, 02118. (617) 267-6272. For MBTA and driving directions: <U><a href="http://www.lucyparsons.org/directions.php">http://www.lucyparsons.org/directions.php</a></U>. (note that parking is not easy to come by on the streets)<BR>
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Sponsored by the Lucy Parsons Center, Amnesty International (Northeast<BR>
Regional Office and Local Group 133 of Somerville), Mass. Citizens Against<BR>
the Death Penalty Fund, and Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights.<BR>
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For more info, contact Scott Langley: <U>scott@langleycreations.com</U> or<BR>
617-262-4262<BR>
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DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS WEEK’S FILM AND OTHER UPCOMING SCREENINGS:<BR>
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Wednesday, May 21st at 7:00 pm<BR>
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At the Death House Door (2008)<BR>
Directed by Peter Gilbert and Steve James<BR>
1 hour and 34 minutes<BR>
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***This Lucy Parson’s Center screening was specially selected for a preview<BR>
before the Independent Film Channel’s world television premiere on May<BR>
29!***<BR>
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A personal and intimate look at the death penalty in the state of Texas<BR>
through the eyes of Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death<BR>
house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville. During<BR>
Pickett's remarkable career journey, he presided over 95 executions,<BR>
including the world’s first lethal injection. After each execution, Pickett<BR>
recorded an audiotape account of his trip to the death chamber.<BR>
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The film is also an investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna,<BR>
who was executed in Texas on December 7, 1989, after prosecutors ignored<BR>
evidence inculpating a man, who bragged to friends about committing the<BR>
crimes of which DeLuna was convicted. Carlos De Luna was a convict Pickett<BR>
counseled and whose execution troubled Pickett more than any other. He<BR>
firmly believed De Luna was innocent, and the film tracks the investigative<BR>
efforts of a team of Chicago Tribune reporters who have turned up evidence<BR>
that strongly suggests he was.<BR>
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>From award-winning directors Steve James ("Hoop Dreams") and Peter Gilbert<BR>
("Vietnam: Long Time Coming").<BR>
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Wednesday, May 28th at 7:00 pm<BR>
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Thanatos Rx: the Death Penalty Debate in America (2001)<BR>
Produced and Directed by Maryanne Galvin, in attendance<BR>
59 minutes<BR>
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Thanatos Rx presents an even-handed, nonpartisan examination of the many<BR>
facets of the death penalty debate in America. Thanatos Rx journeys beyond<BR>
myopic sound bites and static polls to a deeply personal exploration of the<BR>
debate.<BR>
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Interspersed with powerful and rare archival footage and original<BR>
photographs are exclusive interviews with those most touched by Capital<BR>
Punishment. Innocence, deterrence, retribution and closure for families of<BR>
homicide victims are some of the topics examined through the eyes of a<BR>
"volunteer" on Federal Death Row and a murderer who narrowly escaped the<BR>
electric chair in Massachusetts.<BR>
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Interviews with families of murder victims, District Attorneys and legal<BR>
scholars at prestigious law schools, The Innocence Project and Amnesty<BR>
International illustrate the emotional complexities of the issue.<BR>
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In attendance will be producer and director Maryanne Galvin, an independent<BR>
filmmaker, who holds both an MFA from Emerson College, Boston and a<BR>
doctorate in psychology from UMASS/ Amherst.<BR>
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Wednesday, June 4 at 7:00 pm<BR>
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004)<BR>
1 hour and 33 minutes<BR>
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Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips<BR>
L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gangbanging, his prison term,<BR>
and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence<BR>
resolutions, which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After<BR>
exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection at<BR>
San Quentin State Prison, California; he was declared dead on December 13,<BR>
2005 at 12:35 a.m. PST (08:35 UTC). Williams is the 12th person to be<BR>
executed by California since it reinstated the death penalty in 1977.<BR>
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