AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

A brilliant new documentary about America’s most famous political prisoner

Live via Skype: Filmmaker STEPHEN VITTORIA

$10 Members • $15 Public
(includes reception)

Tickets also at 800-838-3006, and CAC Box Office

Before he was convicted of murdering a policeman in 1981 and sentenced to die, Mumia Abu-Jamal was a gifted journalist and brilliant writer. Now after more than 30 years in prison and despite attempts to silence him, Mumia is not only still alive but continuing to report, educate, provoke and inspire. Stephen Vittoria’s new feature documentary is an inspiring portrait of a man whom many consider America’s most famous political prisoner – a man whose existence tests our beliefs about freedom of expression. Through prison interviews, archival footage, and dramatic readings, and aided by a potent chorus of voices including Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy Goodman, Ruby Dee, Tariq Ali, Peter Coyote, Rubin Hurricane Carter and others, this riveting film explores Mumia’s life before, during and after Death Row – revealing, in the words of Angela Davis, “the most eloquent and most powerful opponent of the death penalty in the world…the 21st Century Frederick Douglass.” (USA, 2012, 120 min., color, Blu-ray • Director/Writer: Stephen Vittoria • Co-Producer: Noelle Hanrahan)