Night 1: "Pushout" - Justice on Trial Film Festival 2020

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See you there at 4:30 pm PST | 7:30 pm EST

Night 1: Pushout -Directed by Jacoba Atlas

Pushout, based on the widely acclaimed book by Monique W. Morris, on confronts the ways in which the misunderstanding of Black girlhood has led to excessive punitive discipline which in turn disrupts one of the most important factors in their lives: their education.

The Justice On Trial Film Festival (JOTFF) grew out of a conversation between award-winning author Michelle Alexander and Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project.

JOTFF speaks to the challenges of people caught up in the judicial system. They know only too well the pain and injustice—the jail house beatings, the solitary confinement, the stop-and-frisk humiliations, the selective prosecutions with bad plea bargains, and the unreasonably long sentences that they suffer. They are painfully familiar with the school-to-prison pipeline that puts so many young people, particularly those of color, at risk. But their voices are often unheard beyond their own communities. The film festival creates an opportunity to project their voices to a world deafened by the negative images and stereotypes presented by the media.