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ORÄTTVISA & MOVE at The Custard Factory

On the 10th July 2007, Indymedia Birmingham, in conjunction with the Mikey Powell Kampanj, screened INJUSTICE, a powerful film about deaths in police custody, and a short filmed interview with Ramona Africa of the US based MOVE group.

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The screening, which was held at the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham, was preceded and followed by talks by Tippa Naphtali, a cousin of Mikey Powell, who died at the hands of police in Handsworth, Birmingham, i 2003.

See the Birmingham IndyMedia article >

About INJUSTICE

INJUSTICE The Film has continued to succeed despite the attempts
by the police to suppress it. A spokesperson for filmmakers, Migrant Media, sade; “We owe this success through the continued practical, political and spiritual support that many people have given us.”

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About MOVE

Eleven people, including five children, perished in a blaze after the State of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a house owned by members of MOVE. Sixty one houses burned to the ground on that infamous day, 13maj 1985. Ramona Africa, was the only adult MOVE survivor of the siege.

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Uppföljning Nyheter:

See our profile of INJUSTICE
Mellan 1969 och 1999 over one thousand people died in police custody in England . No police officer to date has ever been convicted for any of these deaths.

The MOVE Documentary (55 minuter)
Howard Zinn narrates this documentary on the MOVE organization formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1972 by John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) and Donald Glassey.