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Lives Behind Bars: Community Film Discussion Series

“Lives Behind Bars,” a free film discussion series hosted at Coe College will create conversation in the Cedar Rapids area about the impact of incarceration on individuals and their communities. Funded in part by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, the film series is open to all and seeks to bring together those with a range of backgrounds and experiences for a productive exchange of perspectives.

The first film we'll screen is the award-winning "13th" (2016), by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. This documentary traces the rise of mass incarceration in the United States from the end of slavery through the Jim Crow era and the subsequent "war on crime" and "war on drugs," looking at the policies that led to the U.S. imprisoning more people than any other country in world and having a disproportionately Black and Latino prison population.

Films will be shown on the Coe campus on the Sundays preceding the discussion at 2:00 PM in Kesler Auditorium in Hickok Hall.

Film discussions will take place on the final Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM in Hickok Hall on the Coe campus every other month starting March 31.

Click here to register for the event.

 

 

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