Make it count
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
New Movie
Looks like the Tulia movie is slowly moving forward, but here's another that comes out April 17, 2009
American Violet
Director: Tim Disney
Writer: Bill Haney
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Michael O’Keefe, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Charles S. Dutton, Xzibit, Nicole Beharie
Plot: Based on real events and set in a small Texas town in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, "American Violet" tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year old African-American single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up in a drug raid. Despite the urgings of her mother, and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the powerful district attorney and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents.
The film is based on the true story of Regina Kelly, who lived in Hearne, TX, the town where she was falsely accused of felony drug-trafficking charges based on the uncorroborated testimony of a single informant.
Kelly successfully fought the charges with the help of the ACLU. Her case resulted in changes to Texas law.
http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=americanviolet
http://www.americanviolet.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152397/
http://tx.aclu.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=38241.1&dlv_id=42701
American Violet
Director: Tim Disney
Writer: Bill Haney
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Michael O’Keefe, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Charles S. Dutton, Xzibit, Nicole Beharie
Plot: Based on real events and set in a small Texas town in the midst of the 2000 Bush/Gore Presidential election, "American Violet" tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts, a 24 year old African-American single mother of four who is wrongfully swept up in a drug raid. Despite the urgings of her mother, and with her freedom and the custody of her children at stake, she chooses to fight the powerful district attorney and the unyielding criminal justice system he represents.
The film is based on the true story of Regina Kelly, who lived in Hearne, TX, the town where she was falsely accused of felony drug-trafficking charges based on the uncorroborated testimony of a single informant.
Kelly successfully fought the charges with the help of the ACLU. Her case resulted in changes to Texas law.
http://www.movie-list.com/trailers.php?id=americanviolet
http://www.americanviolet.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152397/
http://tx.aclu.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=38241.1&dlv_id=42701
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Marcus Garvey lives
Every Student of Political Science, every student of Economics knows that the race can only be saved through a solid industrial foundation, that the raced can only be saved through political independence. Take away industry from a race take away political freedom from a race and you have a group of slaves. -Marcus Garvey. Let us learn from the past so that we can save our future. Do for self. Think black ,live black, buy black, lift up the bar think, think. Then do something! What do we control in our own communities. We need to understand our position on the world stage as a people and realize that now more then ever we must be united. Ras Kwame
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