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Title The Jena 6

Publication Info. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file)
Playing Time Duration: 29 minutes
Note Title from title frames.
In Process Record.
Performer Features: Mumia Abu Jamal
Event Originally produced by MVD Entertainment Group in 2008.
Summary Jena, LA - In a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons' lives. Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the school, the DA puts six black students on trial for attempted murder, and the quiet town of Jena becomes the site of the largest civil rights demonstration in the South since the 1960s. 'The Jena 6' is the story of hidden racial inequality and violence becoming visible. It is a powerful symbol for, and example of, how racial justice works in America - where the lynching noose has been replaced by the DA's pen.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Indexed Term Human Rights
Race and Class Studies
Added Author Soohen, Jacqueline, filmmaker
Esmaeli, Kouross, filmmaker
Rowley, Rick, filmmaker
Kanopy (Firm)
Music No. 1125192 Kanopy