 RADIO/TV
| | FINALISTS FOR THE "LESSER OF TWO EVILS" CONTEST
Thanks to everyone who submitted a response to the "lesser of two evils" contest. There were so many good submissions it was difficult to choose the best three, so we narrowed the list and now need your help to pick the winners. Pick your favorites here. Winners will be announced next week. |
Wednesday, May 30 @ 8:30pm TWO FILMS ON RACE IN AMERICA 
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Films are shown in the outdoor courtyard, so if weather is an issue please check back here beforehand.
| THE JENA 6
In a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the school, the DA puts six black students on trial for attempted murder, and the quiet town of Jena becomes the site of the largest civil rights demonstration in the South since the 1960s. THE JENA 6 is the story of hidden racial inequality and violence becoming visible. It is a powerful symbol for, and example of, how racial justice works in America where the lynching noose has been replaced by the DA's pen. (2008, 28 mins.)
AMERICANS ON HOLD: PROFILING, PREJUDICE, AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Americans on Hold: Profiling, Prejudice, and National Security is a timely and powerful documentary film that exposes the U.S. government’s use of discriminatory profiling in the name of national security, and its impact on South Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim community members. Produced by the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at New York University School of Law, AMERICANS ON HOLD reveals the harmful effects of prejudicial and ineffective U.S. counter-terrorism and immigration policies. (2010, 30 mins.)
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Wednesday, June 6 @ 8:30pm 
| MARGIN CALL
An all-star cast shines in this engrossing drama about a critical 24-hour period at a high-profile investment bank in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, when young analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) uncovers information that could destroy the firm. When he alerts upper management to the precarious position of their risky investments, an emergency meeting is held to decide if they should alert clients or abscond with the profits. (2011, 91 mins.)
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Films are shown in the outdoor courtyard, so if weather is an issue please check back here beforehand.
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Wednesday, June 13 @ 8:30pm 
| KRISIS
Krisis is a feature documentary film that fuses the material collected during the filming of The Prism GR2011. It is the synthesis of the different stories narrated in The Prism GR2011, into a feature documentary that explores how Greece and the Greeks are experiencing the current economic crisis, looking into the hearts of the people. It is also an experiment in collective documentary filmmaking, combining different perspectives on Greece, as seen through the lenses of 14 photojournalists. It echoes the voices of people from all walks of life, in an attempt to tell the story of the Greek crisis through the reflections of the team-members who made The Prism possible. (2011, 65 mins.)
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg.
Films are shown in the outdoor courtyard, so if weather is an issue please check back here beforehand.
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| | PAST ACTIONS & PHOTOS
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Overlooked Stories
How Norway handles crime
Welcome to the world's nicest prison (READ).
Israeli xenophobia
Israeli demonstrators attack African migrants in Tel Aviv in a protest against refugees and asylum-seekers. Miri Regev, a member of the Israeli parliament, told the crowd "the Sudanese are a cancer in our body" (READ).
Photos of NATO informants
"The NLG believes that at least two undercover police or confidential informants, "Gloves" and "Mo," were used in a law enforcement operation..." that resulted in terrorism charges against NATO protesters (PHOTOS).
U.S. in Honduras
The U.S. DEA killed at least 4 innocent civilians in Honduras, including two pregnant women and two children (READ). More than 600 U.S. troops are in Honduras stationed at three new bases (READ).
Nation of Assassins
Jeremy Scahill: "We have become a nation of assassins. We have become a nation that is somehow silent in the face of -- or embraces, as polls indicate -- the idea that assassination should be one of the centerpieces of US foreign policy (READ).
Incarceration Nation
Even though crime has dropped 40% in the past 20 years, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world with nearly 2.4 million people behind bars, at a cost of $47,421 per inmate (READ).
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