The New Year
And Time magazine cited Kimberly Rivers Roberts, the star of Trouble the Water, as one of the best movie performances of the year -- "playing herself" -- a well- deserved recognition for Kimberly!
Trouble the Water screened in more than 200 cities in 2008 with many more scheduled for 2009. Audiences have responded in ways that have surpassed our expectations. People leave the theater wanting and needing to do something - not only about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, but about the underlying, intersecting issues that remained when the floodwaters receded - failing public schools, record high levels of incarceration, extreme poverty, lack of government accountability and the very nature of oppression. By partnering with dozens of organizations fighting for racial and economic justice, we've organized special events around screenings and distributed resources to direct audience members to action.
As we begin 2009, we ask that readers of this blog take action. A recent expose in The Nation magazine -- "Katrina's Hidden Race War" by A.C. Thompson -- details how in the aftermath of Katrina, white vigilantes viciously assaulted and, by their own admission, killed African Americans while police looked the other way. To this day, no one has been prosecuted. Please join our partner Color of Change in their campaign demanding a full investigation into these atrocities. Find out what you can do here: Demand Justice in Post-Katrina Shootings
Peace
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