Impacto da INJUSTIÇA

Filmes – A Force For Change

originally posted by: Alison Leslie
14º de março 2006
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Forward: Tippa Naftali
4WardEver Campaign UK

Julho 2005 marked 5 years since the release of INJUSTICE. The film has continued to succeed despite the attempts by the police to suppress it. Um porta-voz para os cineastas, Mídia Migrantes, dito; “Devemos este sucesso através da prática continuada, apoio político e espiritual que muitas pessoas têm nos dado.”

The following was written by Ken at our request, and we will continue to support this important film through our online services and community events.

Ken Fero – Mídia Migrantes
Co-director of INJUSTIÇA

Entre 1969 e 1999 mais de mil pessoas morreram sob custódia da polícia na Inglaterra. Nenhum agente da polícia até à data tenha sido condenado por qualquer destas mortes. The deaths continue and so does the cover-up. Injustice is the story of the struggles for justice by the families of some of those killed by the police.

Injustice has been seen by thousands of people in many corners of the globe. Milhões de ter ouvido falar do filme e sua mensagem básica – que há violações dos direitos humanos perpetuadas pela polícia no Reino Unido. On the 6th July 2001 the premier opening of Injustice at the Metro Cinema in London was halted dramatically when two police officers issued last minute legal threats to the cinema owners. News spread about the police action and the ensuing uproar in the cinema. An hour later we were condemning the police action on the BBC Evening News, with a simple message – we would not let the police kill our film.

Five days later, on the 11th July a second attempt to show the film at Conway Hall, a place renowned for supporting freedom speech, was met by more sabre rattling from the police. After it became clear that the manger of Conway Hall was going to cancel the screening a cry from the audience rang out – “Show the film”. The audience took control of the venue; barricaded the doors and projected the film themselves. This action catapulted the story of the attempts to censor the film into the daily newspapers.

Following this screening, the police continued to harass venues that tried to show the film. Publicity increased with every attempt that they made. What the film did was to put a heart and soul to the shocking figure of 1000 deaths through following the struggles for justice of a few families. It was this struggle that the police wanted to silence. Throughout this period the families of those killed by the police stood by us and we travelled the country showing the film and talking about the struggle for justice.

In this fight we were helped by many people – workers, students, lecturers, trade unionists, religious leaders, and anarchists. Every screening was fought for and many won only because of the support of these people. Injustice began to mobilize people to take a stand against police oppression.

The threats by the police officers continued. We showed Injustice to eight police officers who had been involved in the deaths featured in the film and then wrote to them and made it clear that we would go to court to defend the film. If they went forward with a libel trial they would have to stand in court on account. We have not heard from them since.

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