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DESCRIPTION:This feature-length documentary is about police brutality, anti-black 
 racism, and the power of grassroots activism in Cincinnati, Ohio.  From 
 1995-2001 there were fifteen black men killed by the Cincinnati police. 
  The film focuses on two of those murders, Roger Owensby, Jr and Timothy 
 Thomas.  Martin Luther King said that “A riot is the cry of the 
 unheard.”  Thomas's death sparked three days of civil unrest and 
 protests.  This poignant and powerful story of injustice is told through 
 news reports, first-person accounts and cinema verité footage of the 
 surviving families' long-suffering battle for justice.\n\n"Cincinnati 
 Goddamn" creates a platform to discuss the state executions of Black men by 
 police and gives voice to the families who have suffered in silence and 
 have been let down by the judicial system. In addition to laying bare the 
 emotional toll that the deaths of Roger Owensby, Jr. and Timothy Thomas 
 took on their families, "Cincinnati Goddamn" details the tactics used by 
 Cincinnati's grassroots activists groups to reform the police department. 
 The Cincinnati Black United Front, a coalition of activists and clergy, was 
 able to work with the ACLU, the city of Cincinnati and the Department of 
 Justice to craft and implement new policies and procedures that drastically 
 reformed the police department. This historic model of reform known as the 
 "Collaborative Agreement" is now being widely used in police departments 
 throughout the United States in cities such as New Orleans and 
 Oakland.\n\nIn light of recent organizing around police brutality in 
 Ferguson, Missouri and dozens of other cities, this film is a perfect tool 
 for education and organizing in communities that have been over-policed 
 and victimized by the justice system. \n\nCo-director April Martin will 
 be in attendance for Q&A after the film.\n\n$5 NOTAFLOF, free snacks and 
 popcorn!\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/07/09/18800707.php
SUMMARY:Liberated Lens film night: "Cincinnati Goddamn"
LOCATION:Omni Commons, 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland 94609
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/07/09/18800707.php
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