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[louisabertman]

TONIGHT!! 6pm Social Justice Film Festival!! Screening Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing 10/12/19 6-9pm University Heights Center 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105 Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing has been selected for the 8th Annual Social Justice Film Festival!! Written and spoken by the brilliant poet, memoirist, teacher, lawyer and Guggenheim Fellow, Reginald Dwayne Betts, "Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing" is a creative non-fiction animated poem about his friend/former cellmate Rojai Fentress (aka Fats) who in 1996 was a 15 year old child sentenced to life in prison for a crime he did not commit. On the strength of one witness who didn't actually see the slaying, and with zero physical evidence linking #Fentress to the homicide, a jury found him guilty on the murder charge. It is now 2019, over 2 decades later and this innocent teenager (now 39 yrs old) is still in prison! (please consider sharing to help spread #RojaiFentress' story) The piece was originally commissioned by WNYC Studios for "Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice" Podcast Series. COURAGE: The 2019 Social Justice Film Festival Saturday, October 12th 6pm University Heights Center #fightforfreedom #socialjustice #juvenilejustice #prisonreform #blacklivesmatter #PENAmerica #youthjustice #theroot #wnycstudios #FreeRojaiFentress #freerojai #visualnarrative #story #visualjournalism #innocenceproject #thisisamerica #dwaynebetts #louisabertman #illustration #animation #femaleillustrators #PENAmerica #SVAAlumni #MFAVN #svaalumni #parsonsillustration #lesleyillustration #myfeminismis #Womeninmedia #EconomicHardship Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing by Dwayne Betts and Louisa Bertman https://vimeo.com/272258596 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3iFJCKhPbL/?igshid=1mwmytgg70z7i

[louisabertman]

Tomorrow night in Seattle! Social Justice Film Festival will be screening "Elegy Ending With A Cell Door Closing" (Written and Spoken by the incredible #poet #reginalddwaynebetts @dwaynebetts). We are honored to screen alongside documentaries #Hurdlefilm by Michael Rowley and #highwaymike by Sriyanka Ray @SriyankaRay. https://vimeo.com/272258596 Elegy Ending with a Cell Door Closing is a creative non-fiction animated poem written and spoken by Reginald Dwayne Betts about his friend & former cellmate Rojai Fentress (aka Fats) who in 1996 was a 15 year old child sentenced to life in prison for a crime he did not commit. On the strength of one witness who didn't actually see the slaying, and with zero physical evidence linking Rojai Fentress to the homicide, a jury found him guilty on the murder charge. It is now 2019, over 2 decades later and this innocent teenager (now almost 40 yrs old) is still in prison! #THISISAMERICA #socialjusticefilmfestival #lawyersforjustice #artforadvocacy #FreeRojaiFentress #creativenonfiction #filmfestival #fightforfreedom #socialjustice #juvenilejustice #prisonreform #blacklivesmatter #PENAmerica #youthjustice #theroot #wnycstudios #visualnarrative #Womeninmedia #EconomicHardship Pen Member #whyidraw #visualjournalism #memoirs #thefutureisfemale #womenvoices #femaleillustrators #innocenceproject #dosomething #actnow #freerojai #poetsforjustice Innocence Project: https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2018/08/02/innocence-project-wants-judge-re-open-22-year-old-murder-conviction/812057002/ Animated Poem originally commissioned for NPR's #WNYCStudios "Caught: The Lives of Juvenile Justice" Podcast Series. Produced by the amazing Rhyne Piggott Social Justice Film Festival 10/12/19 6-9pm University Heights Center 5031 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105 (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hJr6pBnUx/?igshid=nw18sp5pgncn