[NYTr] History and Legacy of the Black Panthers: LA Events

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      All Power to the People: The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party

      Film Series at the REDCAT
      January 10-12, 2008 


      Tickets & Information: 213 237-2800
      Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
      631 West 2nd Street
      Los Angeles, CA 90012
      Northeast corner of the intersection with Hope St. Housed in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex Separate street entrance on 2nd St.

      All Power to the People is co- curated by Sam Durant and REDCAT acting Gallery Director & Curator Clara Kim and is made possible with support from Martha T. Kim, Esq and the CalArts Schools of Art and Film/Video.

      Co-presented with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in conjunction with MOCA's exhibition

      BLACK PANTHER: 
      The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas 
      featuring posters from the Center for the Study of Political
Graphics at MOCA Pacific Design through February 24. (See notice below).
     
            Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation
Movement 
            Friday, January 11, 8:30pm 

            Dir. Andres Alegría, Claude Marks and the Freedom Archives, 2007

            In person: 
            Hank Jones, Ray Boudreaux, and Richard Brown of SF8; attorney John Philipsborn; and activist/actor Danny Glover. 

            Moderated by Sam Durant. Synopsis: Legacy of Torture chronicles a case that began in 1971 when thirteen alleged "Black militants" were arrested and tortured to obtain confessions. In 1975, a Federal Court in San Francisco threw out all of the evidence obtained in New Orleans. 34 years later, in 2005, two lead San Francisco Police Department investigators from over 30 years ago, along with FBI agents, have re-opened the case. Rather than submit to proceedings they felt were abusive of the law and the Constitution, five men chose to stand in contempt of court and were sent to jail. They were released when the Grand Jury term expired, but have been told by prosecutors that "it isn't over yet."

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            Emory Douglas Exhibition Extended!  
             

            BLACK PANTHER: 
            The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas

            October 21, 2007 - February 24, 2008

            MOCA at The Pacific Design Center
            8687 Melrose Ave.
            West Hollywood 90069
            http://www.moca.org

            This exhibition was produced from the collections of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics and Mary and Alden Kimbrough. Curated by CalArts School of Art faculty member and MOCA Ahmanson Curatorial Fellow Sam Durant