UPCOMING IBFF EVENTS:

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS!

Join IBFF as we support Scarritt Bennett Center and No Exceptions Prison Collection for the highly anticipated screening of the powerful documentary “Angola, Do You Hear Us? Voices From A Plantation Prison” on Thursday, April 20th at 6pm on the campus of Scarritt Bennett Center in the Harambee Auditorium. A thought provoking panel on prison reform and abolition will occur immediately after the screening . 

 

“This film is powerful because it honestly explores the foundation of our current criminal carceral system. Our system is modern day slavery,” said Theeda Murphy, Executive Director of No Exceptions Prison Collective.

 

Location:

Scarritt Bennett Center

Harambee Auditorium 

1027 18th Avenue S.

Nashville, TN 37212

Parking is available in Parking Lot A  

Please email kx@scarrittbennet.org with any questions. 

 

About The Film:

The film tells the story of playwright Liza Jessie Peterson whose acclaimed play "The Peculiar Patriot" was shut down mid-performance at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison. The film examines how one woman's play challenged the country's largest plantation prison and impacted incarcerated men long after the record of her visit was erased by the institution's administration.

 

**This event is free and open to the public. 

The IBFF On Set Virtual Interview Series is proud to host the highly anticipated discussion “The Making of the Mink Slide: A Case Study of A Deadly Race Riot & Unprecendented Justice” moderated by Michael Mclendon with writer/creator Owen Woodard, surviving family members, producers, and historians. Join us on Thursday, May 4th at 6:30 p.m. on the IBFF facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ibffnashville.

 

About The Mink Slide Feature Film 

Just after World War II in 1946, historic racial conflict erupted in Columbia, TN in a flourishing area of black residents called the Mink Slide. This violent incident involved returning military veterans who were no longer willing to tolerate prevailing racial injustices.

 

Black WWII veterans band together to avert the lynching of 19-year-old Navy Vet, James Stephenson and his mother, Gladys. For their brave stand, they are charged with attempted murder by the State of Tennessee. A legal defense team is dispatched by the NAACP which includes young lawyer future Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall and Z. Alexander Looby. Due to a brilliant strategy, all 25 men charged walk free despite having an all-white jury. Livid at their victory in court, the police kidnap Thurgood Marshall. If not for the courageous actions of his colleagues and the very men that he defended in court, Thurgood Marshall would have been lynched in the swamps of Tennessee. The Feature film is currently in development. 

 

**This event is free and open to the public.