Caution: some strong language! Check out the video trailer for the united memorial event held for Mikey Powell and others in May 2010. The film is available from Pie ‘N’ Mash Films for just £9.99 – part of the proceeds will be donated to support families affected by deaths and abuse in police, prison and psychiatric custody. Purchase the film here >
Bill Maloney interviews victims and campaigners at the UK Rally Against Child Abuse 2010 that was held in Central London UK
Caution: some strong language!
Campaigning filmmaker and supporter of 4WardEver Bill Maloney presented the opening speech at the UK Rally Against Child Abuse held on 7 August in Trafalgar Square London in which he committed ‘treason’ as promised:
Working with the U R Boss team and a professional animator, groups of young people wrote, produced and directed three new animated short films tackling the issues that really matter to them in youth justice.
Each film carries an important message for policy makers and practitioners alike. Get a real insight into young people’s experiences of early encounters with the police, the court system and life in penal custody.
Animated films made by young men held in prison custody, this animated short ‘Life Inside’ looks at life inside through the eyes of a young person who is denied early release in spite of his good behaviour.
Disney-owned ABC’s new scripted cop drama (Detroit 1-8-7) dropped its “documentary” conceit as a result of the shooting death of a Detroit child during a police raid being recorded by cameras for a reality series on a Disney co-owned cable network.
In the wake of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones’s death, some family members, and attorneys, suggested cops were playing to the camera crew during the raid. “The main reason …that was pretty real and pretty scary stuff,” “Detroit 1-8-7″ executive producer Jason Richman told TV critics about the May shooting death, when asked why the format on his fictional, scripted drama series had been changed.
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