Name: Program 30 - 'Gideon's Army'
Start: 2017-05-16T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2017-05-16T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Empire State College

Program 30 - 'Gideon's Army'  

The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of Global Labor Solidarity.The Festival aims to showcase student and professional films from the United States and around the world which publicize and highlight the struggles, successes and daily lives of all workers in their efforts to unite and organize for better living conditions and social justice.We are a not-for-profit  501(c)(3) organization

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Program 30 - Empire State College/ SUNY - The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies 
Gideon's Army - Follows the personal stories of Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick, three young public defenders who are part of a small group of idealistic lawyers in the Deep South challenging the assumptions that drive a criminal justice system strained to the breaking point. Backed by mentor Jonathan “Rap” Rapping, a charismatic leader who heads the Southern Public Defender Training Center (now known as Gideon’s Promise) they struggle against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads so common that even the most committed often give up in their first year. Nearly 50 years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling Gideon vs. Wainwright that established the right to counsel, can these courageous lawyers revolutionize the way America thinks about indigent defense and make “justice for all” a reality? (2013, 1 hr 35min) 
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