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Screening of “Sentenced Home” This Friday

By immigrationprof

The ISSC presents: SENTENCED HOME

FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26,
7:00-9:00 pm
Final Fridays Films/EastSide Cultural Center
( http://www.eastsideartsalliance.com/)
2277 International Blvd., Oakland

Free admission, donations requested. Light refreshments will be served.

Screening and discussion of Sentenced Home ( http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sentencedhome/), a documentary about Cambodian Americans being deported for crimes they committed as youth and already served time for in the U.S. Caught between their tragic pasts and an uncertain future, each young man confronts a legal system that offers no second chances. Panelists include Joren Lyons, staff attorney, Asian Law Caucus; filmmaker Nicole Newnham; Santi Salazar, an organizer with Huaxtec and Oakland Without Borders, an immigrant rights coalition; and Many Uch, one of the men featured in the film.

Presented by Final Fridays Films/EastSide Arts Alliance and the Center on Culture, Immigration and Youth Violence Prevention’s Community Committee, a collaboration including Cambodian Community Development, Inc., Centro Legal de la Raza, La Clinica de la Raza, Lucha Unida, Pacific Islander Kie Association, and Youth Together. For more information, visit www.yvpcenter.org

For more information, please contact Usree Bhattacharya, Institute for the Study of Social Change , 510-642-0813; or email   ubhattacharya@berkeley.edu. 

Institute for the Study of Social Change *
University of California, Berkeley
2420 Bowditch Street
Berkeley , Ca 94720-5670
Tel:  510.642.0813
Fax: 510.642.8674

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