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by Jeanette Chin, The Public, http://www.dailypublic.com/events/03232015/reel-injun-film-screening [SCREENING] This Thursday evening, indigenous and non-indigenous ally organization Nekanehsakt will be hosting a film screening of Reel Injun at Burning Books, a local bookstore exclusively devoted to socially conscious literature. The documentary, directed by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond, explores the portrayal of Native Americans within the history of western cinema, chronicling the common stereotypes which follow Native roles. The film received three awards at the 2010 Gemini Awards alongside the 2011 Peabody Award for best electronic media.

by Cory Perla  http://www.dailypublic.com/events/02132015/bradley-crowder [LECTURE] In 2008, two young men were accused of intending to bomb the Republican National Convention with eight homemade molotov cocktails. Those young men are Bradley Crowder and David McKay. Their plan was foiled by none other than their mentor, Brandon Darby, who turned out to be an FBI informant. His testimony was instrumental in convicting Crowder and McKay, who were sentenced to two years and four years in prison, respectively. A 2011 PBS documentary, Better This World, though, suggests that Crowder and McKay were entrapped by Darby and the FBI. Now, both men are free...

The Public, by Cory Perla / Feb. 2, 2015 [SCREENING] Known as one of the godfathers of environmental activism, Edward Abbey helped guide the movement as it began to blossom in the late 1970s by penning novels like The Monkey Wrench Gang. Wrenched, a film from director ML Lincoln, claims to capture “the passing of the monkey wrench from pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation, which will carry Edward Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century.” Wrenched will be screened at Burning Books at 7pm on Wednesday, February 4.  

by Cory Perla, The Public, http://www.dailypublic.com/events/02132015/brother-minister-assassination-malcolm-x [SCREENING] Did the NYPD and the FBI have any roles in the assassination of Malcolm X? That is one of many questions asked in the 1994 documentary film Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X. In February of 1965, the 39-year-old Muslim minister and human rights activist was killed in a hail of gunfire at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan as he prepared to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Several men were arrested and convicted of the murder, but many believe that the real killers were never brought to justice. The film will be shown...

Tom Grace, one of 13 unarmed anti-Vietnam War protesters shot by National Guardsmen at Ohio’s Kent State University in May 1970, will recall the events of that tragic day at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Burning Books, 420 Connecticut St. Grace, who lives in Amherst, will talk about his experience being wounded at the campus protest, in which four people were killed in a 13-second barrage of bullets that shocked the nation and triggered a massive student strike. Grace also will be showing the new documentary “Fire in the Heartland,” about the Kent State shootings. For more information, call 881-0791.  ...