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DESCRIPTION:Thur, Dec 1, Free reception 6:30-7pm, film showing 7-8pm, post film 
 discussion 8-9pm\n\nThe 54-minute documentary film Writ Writer tells the 
 littleknown but remarkable story of Fred Cruz, a young Latino with an 
 eighth-grade education who, in 1960, is convicted of robbery and begins 
 serving time in the Texas state prison system. Appalled at the often 
 barbaric treatment he and his fellow inmates must endure, he becomes a 
 "writ writer," a jailhouse lawyer. Filing his own legal challenges, Cruz 
 uses his intellect and belief in the rule of law to help change a 
 smothering penal system in which prisoners are denied basic constitutional 
 rights. He becomes part of the vanguard of the prisoners' rights movement 
 in Texas in the transformative decade of the 1960s.\n\nFeaturing marvelous 
 production values, Writ Writer makes very effective use of archival footage 
 to convey Fred Cruz's life and times. Interviewed are former prison 
 wardens, ex-convicts, and Cruz's friends, as well as the family of Frances 
 Jalet, the New York lawyer who comes to Texas to assist Cruz and his fellow 
 writ writers. What especially personalizes the story, however, is that Fred 
 Cruz's own words, drawn from his prison journals, correspondence, and legal 
 documents, are carefully used to form the first-person 
 narration.\n\nWatching Writ Writer, viewers experience its seamless, 
 methodical, gripping pace, which seems pitch perfect for the story it 
 narrates-of human degradation, cunning and courage, triumph, and personal 
 tragedy. The documentary should engage young people and adults alike. Writ 
 Writer shows how one person can use the courage of his humanity and the 
 resources of the law to make a difference.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/06/18697861.php
SUMMARY:Diversity Film 'Writ Writer'
LOCATION:Ellen Driscoll Playhouse\n325 Highand Ave.\nPiedmont, CA 
 94611\n\nhttp://www.piedmont.k12.ca.us/facilities
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/06/18697861.php
DTSTART:20111202T030000Z
DTEND:20111202T043000Z
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