Oakland Film Premiere: Tales of the Grim Sleeper. Black Women’s Lives Matter.

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When:
March 19, 2015 @ 2:00 am – 4:00 am
2015-03-19T02:00:00+00:00
2015-03-19T04:00:00+00:00
Where:
Omni Commons
4799 Shattuck Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
USA
Contact:
415 626-4114

Black Women’s Lives Matter (A Women’s History Month Event).

Did you know that: as many as 200 Black women are missing in Los Angeles, maybe 100 killed? Police referred to the murders as No Humans Involved (NHI)?

A new film by Nick Broomfield that highlights the devaluation of Black women’s lives and the lives of sex workers.

The film shows the:

— criminal neglect or worse in law enforcement’s handling of the investigation and the efforts of the community based Black Coalition Fighting Back Serial Murders to win justice and accountability.

— devaluing of Black women’s lives, and of sex workers struggling to survive in the most impoverished part of LA

— vulnerability to violence women who are considered “illegal” as easy prey due, in particular women who are homeless and/or who work on the streets or caught us in the crack epidemic

The film was shortlisted for an academy award. Trailer link: http://www.pipelinead.net/uploads/HBO/grim/GrimSleeper_promo_v3_lo.mov

Co-sponsors: Advance the Struggle; All of Us or None; Erotic Service Providers Union; Global Women’s Strike; In Defense of Prostitute Women’s Safety Project; Queer Strike; Sin Barras.

Endorsers so far: BAYSWAN; Critical Resistance; Faithful Fools Street Ministry; Flying Over Walls/Black and Pink; Legal Action for Women; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper
Event called by: US PROStitues Collective

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