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On April 8th, 2002, there was a riot at Folsom State Prison.  No inmates were critically injured, but a correctional officer sustained a serious spinal injury, and nine months later a captain who oversaw the riot committed suicide, apparently because of what he saw that day.  To this day, the fallout from these events continues to rattle the hidden world of corrections.

“Code of Silence” refers to the unspoken rule in corrections that prison guards don’t inform on each other.  But the three people profiled in this documentary, driven by grief and desperation, did just that.  In highly publicized, dramatic testimony, whistleblowers testified about inappropriate favors granted to prison gangs and the unbearable stress of doing the right thing in the third largest correctional system in the world. Amy Happ (in person) 2005, 57 min. 

Human interaction. Animals, nature, pavement, buildings, struggle, sex, gender, vehicles, food, behavior, parenting, mental breakdown, wars, street, jobs, homeless, ethics, morals, bible belt, Alabama, motivation, smiles, love, colleges, kisses, high school, pollution, destruction, hugs, polite-ness, listening, speaking, friendships, lovers, and the work towards eternal happiness.

on the 14th of November BARR and HAWNAY TROOF will embark on a FULL US TOUR

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11/14/05: San Francisco, CA @ ATA w/ Tank Attack! (early all ages)
11/16/05: Denver, CO @ Rhinoceropolis
11/17/05: Columbia, Missouri @ The Ranch
11/18/05: Bloomington, IN @ On A Lark (410 W. 4th St.)
11/19/05: Chicago, IL @ Hey Cadets (Below Texas Ballroom)
11/20/05: Akron, OH @ Lime Spider w/ Nautical Almanac
11/21/05: Brooklyn, NY @ www.toddpnyc.com
11/22/05: Northampton, MA @ Flywheel w/ Bomb Treb
11/23/05: Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head w/ Chromatix
11/25/05: Atlanta, GA @ Larry’s Bar
11/26/05: Mobile, AL @ Picklefish
11/27/05: Pensacola, FL @ Sluggos
11/28/05: Houston, TX @ The Proletariat
11/29/05: Austin, TX @ Emo’s w/ Old-Timerz, Sneeze
11/30/05: HELP!
12/01/05: Flagstaff, AZ @ Dan and Logan’s (Kendrick) House
12/02/05: San Diego, CA @ Che’ Cafe
12/03/05: Los Angeles, CA @ The Smell

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After the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, more than 5,000 people, mainly non-U.S. nationals of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin, were taken into custody by the U.S. Justice Department and held indefinitely on grounds of national security. Following an unconventional format, Persons of Interest presents a series of encounters between former detainees and directors Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse in an empty room which serves both visually and symbolically as an interrogation room, home, and prison cell. Through interviews, family photographs, and letters from prison, the directors have fashioned a compelling and poignant film, allowing those affected a chance to tell their own stories. Alison McLean & Tobias Perse 2003, 63 min

A Staff Member from NLSCA will be leading an interactive discussion with the audience after the screening.

The National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA) is the first
and  currently  the only organization in the United States solely dedicated to  providing accessible and affordable legal advocacy to protect the civil and  human  rights  of  Middle  Easterners, Muslims and South Asians facing systemic  discrimination. Through grassroots legal defense, policy advocacy and  public  education, the promotion of media accountability and community building,  we  bridge  the  gaps  between these diverse communities and our society at large to boldly advance social justice.