For Immediate Release:

The Prison Industrial Complex:


Premiere of Critical Resistance videotapes at the next Video Activist
Network (V.A.N.) Screening

Joyce Miller, of Mothers in Prison, Children in Crisis, will be on hand to
answer questions and highlight the effects of the prison epidemic on
families, and to discuss the group's annual Mothers' Day event.

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Featured Videos:

- USA, INCarcerated (produced by Sasha Magee, Carla Leshne and the
Critical Resistance Production Collective)
Outlines the growth of the prison industrial complex, the social trade-offs
being made to support it, and the PICēs place in the global economy.

- Critical Resistance: Visions of Freedom (produced by Neal Morrison and
Luanna Plunkett)
An emotional and inspiring look at a growing movement of activists, artists
and intellectuals who are mobilizing against the prison industrial complex.
This tape highlights scenes from the historical Critical Resistance
Conference held in Berkeley, CA. Filled with music, art, poetry, and words
from today's leading critical minds, this tape reveals the passion and
conviction of those who wish to end the lockdown.


TIME/DATE:                Screening at 8:00 p.m. / Thursday, May 6, 1999

PLACE:                        Artists' Television Access (ATA), 992 Valencia @ 21st Street, San Francisco

ADMISSION:               $ 5.00 donation requested. No one turned away for lack of funds.

CONTACT:                  Call (415) 789-8484 for more info or visit the Artists' Television Access calendar


Order the Critical Resistance videos here.

The Video Activist Network (V.A.N.) is an informal association of activists and politically
conscious artists using video to support social, economic and environmental justice
campaigns. Recent local political demonstrations and works by V.A.N. members highlight
many screenings. All screenings start at 8:30 p.m. at the Artists' Television Access, 992
Valencia @ 21st Street in San Francisco. Open to the general public.

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Past Screenings