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Because of great public demand, we will provide an encore showing of “Lowrider Lawyers: Putting a City on Trial” this coming Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Brava Theater in San Francisco’s Mission district! If you attended the premiere, then you know how powerful of a film this is, both for its art and its honest evaluation of the Alex Nieto case. Now you can bring more friends or come for the first time. Read the reviews and know that you are in store for an unprecedented experience. Note, however, at the premiere, we were totally packed, so please get your tickets online to avoid the crowds and a sold-out sign.
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We combat injustice with community creativity, solidarity, y amor.
A Barrio Bushido and Maya Media Production
Click on the link to purchase tickets: https://apps.vendini.com/
Click on the link to view the trailer for “Lowrider Lawyers: Putting a City on Trial”: https://www.youtube.com/
Click the link to read all “Lowrider Lawyers” reviews and watch the trailer:
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Tim Redmond’s article in 48 Hills: Evidence in Nieto case casts doubt on police story:
http://www.48hills.org/
Click here to read a review of the film and event, “Lowrider Lawyers” Put the City on Trial”:
http://www.48hills.org/
Click here to read an article about the “Lowrider Lawyers” film premiere:
http://missionlocal.org/
“Lowrider Lawyers” Live Grand Premiere Show!
https://www.youtube.com/
“Lowrider Lawyers: Putting a City on Trial” trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/
Click on the link to read a critical article about “Lowrider Lawyers”:
Click here to listen to the “Hard Knock Radio” Lowrider Lawyers Interview that goes from 30:50 to 59:50: https://kpfa.org/player/
Click here to listen to the “La Onda Bajita” Lowrider Lawyers Interview:https://kpfa.org/player/
Click on the link to find out more about Alex Nieto: http://
In Lowrider Lawyers: Putting a City on Trial, the barrio community rises with creativity and amor for Alex Nieto, scholarship student security guard and beloved son, who was unlawfully killed by 48 bullets fired from the San Francisco Police Department on March 21, 2014 on top of Bernal Heights Mountain.
When the Homies discover that Alex, who had never even been arrested in his entire life, has been unjustly executed, they request that the heavy hitters handle the case. Caravanning with other fine rides, the Lowrider Lawyers lowride in a wine-colored 1966 Chevy Impala Convertible to the colonial courthouse, where indigenous danzantes drum out and stomp over evil spirits, and summon the truth into the justice system. A jury of peers, cholo homeboys and homegirls, listen intently to the evidence presented.
Using legal articulation, the Lowrider Lawyers begin with a clear, concise opening statement. They then move to critically examining the witness who actually saw the killing and contradicts the police narrative, a dog owner whose wolf-like dog attacked Alex, and the person, who without reasonable cause, called the police on Alex. The courthouse is then magically transformed into the barrio, where the last Lowrider Lawyer interrogates the police officer who killed Alex Nieto. Balmy Alley’s gentrification mural becomes the vibrant backdrop, and the Homies painted on the walls serve as the jury. Substantive answers from witnesses and the police are based on the actual San Francisco District Attorney’s Report, deposition testimony, and other true accounts.
Real footage of “Amor for Alex” marches and lowrider shows concludes this powerful, unprecedented type of film. Written and directed by Benjamin Bac Sierra and filmed and edited by Peter Menchini. Starring Homies from San Fran and around the Bay, San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ District Nine Candidate Edwin Lindo, national entertainer and singer Favi Estrella, and Stanford Law School graduate and international development consultant Adriana Camarena. Soundtrack by “Dr. Loco” (Jose Cuellar) and Favi Estrella.
Watch the Lowrider Lawyers trailer online at: https://www.youtube.com/
Box office opens at 6:00 p.m. doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Con Safos.