Apple of Discord Productions and the Oakland Film Office present:













THE TRUST, a work-in-progress film by Tamara Perkins, Jesse Dana, and Diana J Brodie

An emotionally rich documentary, THE TRUST takes us into the lives of men and their families as they are reunited after decades in prison. Darnell, Abraham, Harrison and Chris - all incarcerated since teenagers - explore their turbulent pasts in order to help themselves and others while piecing together new lives. Transcending stereotypes in favor of nuanced, emotionally honest, and disarmingly humorous moments, THE TRUST offers a lens into the intimate lives of three men and their families battling for a second chance. Find out more at trustcommunity.org

Thursday, October 14, 2010

6:00pm Reception with light refreshments
6:30pm Screening
7:15pm Panel Discussion with:
• Joe Brooks, Vice President for Civic Engagement, Policy Link
• Don Spector, Executive Director, Prison Law Office
• Men from The Trust: Noel Valdivia, Harrison Seuga, and Demetrius Daniel
8:00pm Open Audience Q&A
8:30pm Resource Fair

Sliding Scale Suggested Donation $5-20

Funny and/or Auspicious Fortunes also Accepted

LOCATION: Oakland Asian Cultural Center (2nd floor of the Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland's Chinatown).
388 9th Street, Suite 290
Oakland, California 94607

Near the 12th Street BART Station. Parking also available at Pacific Renaissance Plaza Garage - entrances on both Franklin between 9th and 11th AND Webster at 10th.

Facebook users can confirm their attendance here. Everyone welcome!

Screening sponsored by the Oakland Film Office

Questions? Call the Oakland Film Office at 510-238-4734 or email at filmoakland@filmoakland.com.

Youth Uprising, The Wisdom Project and Yoram Savion: Director of the Youth Jail Chronicles

"Youth Jail Chronicles", a youth-produced video at Youth UpRising was selected for the Alternatives in Action's Project YouthView Film Festival 2010. Students Darmarea Barr, Demani Adkins and Daeshane Moore as well as multimedia instructor Yoram Savion were invited to be VIP guests at the Film Festival screening at the historic Alameda Theatre & Cineplex on May 6, 2010.

Project YouthView is Alternatives in Action's premier fundraising event that celebrates the power of youth. It does so by showcasing youth-created "film shorts" (submitted by youth across the San Francisco Bay Area) and through a special featured film that tells the story of youth taking action in their lives and in their communities. The event becomes an opportunity for intergenerational dialogue between youth filmmakers, veteran filmmakers and audience members about the issues of importance to young people and the power that young people have to make a difference.

Tickets to the show can be purchased by clicking over to http://www.alternativesinaction.org.

More info about "Youth Jail Chronicles":

Youth Jail Chronicles" is part of the Wisdom project which brings together currently incarcerated men at San Quentin State Prison with young people from Youth UpRising in East Oakland engaged in a multimedia dialogue about criminalization and incarceration. In San Quentin, men are involved in video production training to generate pieces about choices, consequences and to warn young people about the behaviors that may lead them in prison. In East Oakland, at the Youth UpRising center, young people are involved in a multimedia production program in which they are encouraged to watch and respond to the pieces made by the men in San Quentin.

The Wisdom Project serves as both an excuse and a bridge. It is an excuse to bring up the experiences and traumas that may be blocking or misguiding young people growing up in stressed environments or men that are serving long sentences and are continuing to learn how to grow and change. It is a bridge between these two not-so-distant groups, young people outside, and men inside, so they can share and learn together and generate the ideas, skills and media needed to establish the building blocks to re-frame the current narrative of crime and punishment in their communities. Together they must generate the vision for alternatives to young people going to jail or later prison and helping prisoners re-integrate into society upon release.

This video was produced by three students enrolled in the Mayor Summer Job Program at Youth UpRising, Summer 2009. It was filmed by Darmarea Barr, Demani Akins and Daeshane Moore. It was edited by Darmarea Barr and multimedia instructor, Yoram Savion.

This video was previously selected for the 8th International Oakland Film Festival (it was screened at the Grand Lake Theater on October 16th, 2009).

Three Perspectives on RACE & INCARCERATION - Stanford Law School

Why are people of color—African American males in particular—grossly over-represented in prisons and in jails relative to their numbers in the U.S. population? What happens to them in prison? What happens when they get out? The purpose of this panel is to examine the causes and consequences of racial disparities in imprisonment from three different vantage points. Professor Steven Raphael will discuss the relationship between criminal justice policies and racial disparities in imprisonment. Filmmaker Tamara Perkins will discuss a new documentary she is developing which tells the stories of black men in San Quentin State Prison. Finally, Chief Ronald Davis will discuss a re-entry program he has developed in collaboration with Free At Last in East Palo Alto.

Panelists:
STEVEN RAPHAEL
Professor of Public Policy University of California, Berkeley

TAMARA PERKINS
Documentary Filmmaker

CHIEF RONALD DAVIS
Chief of Police, East Palo Alto

Discussant:
JOAN PETERSILIA
Professor of Law and Co-Director of Stanford Criminal Justice Center


This event is free and open to the public. If you plan to attend, please rsvp by emailing cnqueen@stanford.edu.

Thursday, February 4, 2010 / 4:30 to 6:30 PM
Stanford Law School, Room 290
Panel presented by the Stanford Law School and the Research Institute of Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (RICSRE).