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DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE  runs from May 21-27\n\nThe astonishing new documentary film 
 (directed by Katy Chevigny and Kristen Johnson, and featuring former 
 Illinois Governor George Ryan -  90 minutes.   2004.  USA) about this 
 country's imbalanced judicial system its often improper administration of 
 capital punishment - is a last minute entry on the new Roxie Cinema 
 calendar. It's inclusion is the result of a lengthy endeavor to bring this 
 important and timely film to a theatrical venue.  Given the recent brouhaha 
 surrounding the controversial decision of San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris 
 not to pursue the death penalty for the alleged killer of a San Francisco 
 police officer, DEADLINE has taken on a sharply focused meaning for Bay 
 Area residents.  For further information about this film, please visit 
 http://www.deadlinethemovie.com  The filmmakers along with members of  
 Death Penalty Focus will conduct a panel discussion after the 8:00 shows 
 Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22.  "Compelling... 
 Enlightening.....Engrossing"  -- Hollywood Reporter.  "Deadline, an 
 excellent documentary from Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson chronicling 
 the astonishingly flawed criminal justice system" -- Chicago Sun-Times  
 WHAT:   On the eve of his departure from office, George Ryan, longtime 
 conservative Republican governor of Illinois and supporter of the death 
 penalty, surprised the nation by commuting the sentences of 167 prisoners 
 on Death Row to life imprisonment. Directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten 
 Johnson bring us directly into the debate and the legal process Ryan set in 
 motion when a group of Northwestern University journalism students 
 uncovered evidence exonerating the doomed Anthony Porter, undermining the 
 credibility of the state's entire capital-justice system. A hit at this 
 year's Sundance Fest, Deadline is human drama in its most distilled form. 
 In the wake of DNA evidence and new testimony proving the innocence of 13 
 Illinois Death Row inmates, Ryan ordered clemency hearings for every 
 prisoner awaiting execution. Chevigny and Johnson deliver it all--from the 
 well-reasoned legal debates to the heart-wrenching testimony of family 
 members of the victims as well as the condemned. Using astounding access to 
 the hearings, prisoners on Death Row, and Governor Ryan, they deliver a 
 measured sense of justice for all their subjects and astutely contextualize 
 the debate with historical material. Deadline contributes reason and 
 passion to the ongoing debate about whether civilized nations should employ 
 the ultimate punishment and how justly it is administered.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05/18/39173.php
SUMMARY:Film screening of DEADLINE chronicles the astonishingly flawed criminal justice
LOCATION:Roxie Cinema  3117 16th St.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05/18/39173.php
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