BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-37613
SEQUENCE:37613
CREATED:20040430T002600Z
DESCRIPTION:Friday, May 21st - 7pm (doors at 6:30)  Screening of the award winning 
 film: The Gatekeeper  Through the Gatekeeper, "John Carlos Frey puts a 
 human face on the struggle of undocumented workers crossing the Mexico-U.S. 
 border. The Gatekeeper follows self-loathing biracial Border Patrol agent 
 Adam Fields (Frey), who's stuck undercover as an illegal immigrant and must 
 endure the violent and inhumane conditions of a work camp run by a drug 
 cartel in central California. The film does well to show how the 
 "invisibility" of undocumented workers creates abusive, slave-like 
 conditions - a situation that clearly benefits the criminal industry. 
 Complicated by Fields's internalized racism, the film's story offers an 
 interesting look at how far people will go for the American dream, and how 
 it can backfire on them." -Cindy Emch, SF Bay Guardian  For more 
 information on the film go to: http://www.gatekeeperfilm.com/  A benefit 
 for the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride  Last September, 883 Immigrant 
 Worker Freedom Riders from 54 countries crossed 42 states and stopped at 
 over 200 public events in a national campaign, following in the footsteps 
 of the 1960's civil rights movement, to demand equal rights for immigrants. 
  The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride was the largest mobilization in U.S. 
 history in support of immigrants rights.  >From every major city in the 
 U.S. we came together to demand that this nation's broken immigration 
 system be fixed, and that immigrants and their families be accorded equal 
 civil liberties and workplace protections.  Come hear from some of the 
 Northern California Riders about how we are continuing this movement, and 
 help us raise funds to send Riders to participate in the New Freedom Summer 
 program which will continue to raise the political power and visibility of 
 immigrant communities. Come watch this film that helps to expose both the 
 reality of immigrant's lives in California as well as the inhumane 
 immigration and border enforcement policies that result in hundreds of 
 deaths along the border every year.  For more information on the Immigrant 
 Worker Freedom Ride, please call Martha at 510-682-4302 or visit 
 http://www.iwfr.org  $8-20 sliding scale donation for the Immigrant Workers 
 Freedom Ride.  Event will be held at the AK Press Warehouse: 674 A 23rd St. 
 Oakland, CA  Between MLK and San Pablo near the 19th St. BART and the West 
 Grand exit of 80/980  For more info contact: AK Press at 510.208.1700, 
 josh@akpress.org, or http://www.akpress.org  All events at AK Press are 
 wheel chair accessible\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/29/37613.php
SUMMARY:Film Screening of the Gatekeeper - A benefit for the Immigrant Workers Freedom R
LOCATION:AK Press Warehouse  674-A 23rd.   Oakland, CA 94612
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/04/29/37613.php
DTSTART:20040522T013000Z
DTEND:20040522T043000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR