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DESCRIPTION:Sentenced Home\nCo-directed by Nicole Newnham\n~~ appearing in person\n\nTo 
 commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11, HandsOn Bay Area is sponsoring a 
 provocative film series around the Bay Area through September about what it 
 means to be an American in our post 9/11 world.   These powerful 
 documentary films all deal with the issues of racism, immigration, and 
 multi-culturalism.  Each film starts with a commemoration of 9/11 and ends 
 with a spirited discussion of the issues we face as we grapple with what 
 “American” really means.  Meet the Director of "Sentenced Home," Nicole 
 Newnham, and join in a discussion of immigration issues in America and what 
 being “American” means.  Her film is a thought-provoking look at the 
 changes our immigration policies are making in our communities and to our 
 spirit.  Popcorn and beverages will be provided. \n\nPutting a human face 
 on controversial immigration policy, this powerful documentary, "Sentenced 
 Home," follows three young Cambodian Americans through the deportation 
 process.  Raised in inner city Seattle, they pay an unbearable price for 
 mistakes they made as teenagers.  Caught between their tragic pasts and an 
 uncertain future, each young man confronts a legal system that offers no 
 second chances.  In the 1980′s, a large number of Cambodian families 
 fleeing the violence of the Khymer Rouge came to the U.S. to start new 
 lives, but not all the young people who found themselves in a new and 
 unfamiliar culture had an easy time of it.  Some Cambodian youths settling 
 in America joined street gangs, and Kim Ho Ma, Loeun Lun, and Many Uch were 
 three such young men.  As teenagers, they were found guilty of serious 
 crimes, and since Cambodia was unwilling to accept deportees, they served 
 sentences in American prisons.  Though Kim Ho Ma accumulated a long record 
 of petty offenses after he was released from prison, both Loeun Lun and 
 Many Uch successfully rehabilitated themselves, with Lun married with 
 children and holding down a steady job while Uch works with minority youth 
 to help provide alternatives to gang life.  However, under a new agreement 
 between Cambodia and the U.S., all three men face deportation to Cambodia, 
 in effect punishing them for crimes for which they’ve already served 
 time.  The U.S. immigration laws do not allow review or redress, and are 
 not enforced on a case-by-case basis.  Therefore, when the U.S. government 
 started deporting Cambodians convicted of a crime, they included those who 
 had already served their sentences.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the 
 corner at  411  28th  Street\n\nDonations are accepted\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/28/18688979.php
SUMMARY:Sentenced Home
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/28/18688979.php
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