Benefit for WBAI and Pacifica Radio
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IN PRISON ALL MY LIFE
a film about Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sunday, December 14
Breakfast: 9:30am / Film: 10:30am
Screening followed by a PANEL DISCUSSION with distinguished guests:
Johanna Fernández, professor in the Department of History at Baruch College
Dr. Susanne Ross, co-chair of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition, NYC
Sally O'Brien, journalist and media activist on the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
$25 All Tickets
Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theatre hours or
by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds.
Scholarships are available. Send an e-mail to lifwbai@zoho.com. Transportation: LIRR
to Huntington. Contact Cinema Arts Centre to arrange a car a few days in advance
to meet you at station. 631-423-7611 x22 or e-mail: lifwbai@zoho.com
Sponsored by Long Island Friends of WBAI
In Prison All My Life, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at Urbanworld NYC, London and Rome International Film Festivals, tells the story of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been on Death Row for the past 27 years in solitary confinement for the killing of a white police officer. Mumia has consistently denied the charge and claims that his trial was deeply flawed by racism. Amnesty International concluded in a report that Mumia’s original 1982 trial was unfair. Mumia had been a highly regarded journalist, and since l982, while in prison, his commentaries have been broadcast on WBAI and l00 other radio stations. A central figure in the film, William Francome, became involved he explained “because Mumia was arrested on the night I was born…so I am going on a journey to find out about the man who has been in prison my whole life.” Highlights of the film are the startling recently discovered Dec. 9, 1981 crime scene photos as well as a first time interview with Mumia’s brother, Billy Cook, who was at the scene of the crime and who has never spoken since the night of the shooting. He was not called to testify and “disappeared” after that. This is the first time he talks about what happened that night. USA; 2007, 90 min.
