'JUSTICE'--an uplifting political movie--Have you seen it?

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http://www.themoviejustice.com

Political reality right now is pretty bleak, with right-wing politicization taking over even the CIA and every cabinet agency, having already achieved complete control of Defense, the Supreme Court, the White House, and Congress.

Thus I was stunned by the boldness of vision in a movie I saw on cable last night. I don't think a movie this "radical" or with more potential for grass-roots political organizing has been made for decades.

Filmed in Minneapolis and released there in May of this year, "Justice" is trying to go national. Its star is well known, but its writers/directors and most of its cast are complete newcomers to film.

Roger Guenveur Smith co-starred with James Carville on "K Street" at the height of optimism during the Democratic primaries. But Jeanne Marie Almonor, the writer and director, is just an enthusiastic amateur filmmaker. Her real job is Harvard-trained civil rights lawyer, and she made this film to help organize opposition to the "anti-crime" hysteria that, starting under Nixon, has done more than anything to help Republicans achieve complete power over this country, and to largely silence Democratic opposition.

Have you seen this movie? Had you even heard of it before today? What do you think of it?

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Here are excerpts from a "factsheet" on the movie's website, at

http://www.jujitsufilms.com/justice/factsheet.htm

'JUSTICE: QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

�44% of all young African-American males (18-30 years old) living in Hennepin County were arrested and booked in the year 2000.Ž (Council on Crime and Justice)...

�About 20% of African-American men in Minnesota are ineligible to vote because they are incarcerated or on parole or probation for a felony conviction.Ž (Council on Crime and Justice)...

"Relative to population, black men are admitted to state prison on drug charges at a rate that is 13.4 times greater than that of white men. In large part because of the extraordinary racial disparities in incarceration for drug offenses, blacks are incarcerated for all offenses at 8.2 times the rate of whites. One in every 20 black men over the age of 18 in the United States is in state or federal prison, compared to one in 180 white men.Ž (Human Rights Watch, �United States, Punishment and Prejudice,Ž April 29, 2004)'

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3. Do you remember which cable station the movie was on?

I believe I saw the title while browsing, but do not remember which station was airing it.

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4. It was on STARZ here on the East Coast last night (Tuesday Dec 7th)

Unless I just happened to catch the last showing of a cycle, most likely it will be on again in a few days. STARZ tends to show the same moves over and over for a couple of weeks, and then to bring in a new playlist.

One curious thing is that the online cable guide notes did not match THIS "Justice". There were notes for another "Justice", starring Michael Jai White and with a plot about a NYC cartoonist who commemorates 9/11 by patterning a comic-book superhero on a local teacher.

Maybe I was just lucky, and STARZ showed the 'WRONG' movie.while I happened to be watching.

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5. Thanks.

LOL! I DID see it, but wouldn't look at it because of the wrong description in the cable guide. They've also had mismatched info for a movie entitled, "Guilty As Charged." The next time I see "Justice," I will definitely check it out. Again, thanks.

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