Free Documentary Screening of Crips & Bloods: Made In America May 2, 2009

In the richest city in the richest state in America, a civil war has been raging for more than 40 years. This war has taken more than 15,000 lives, and it passes its legacy from father to son. The battlefield is South Central Los Angeles - surrounded by the geographical icons of California: Rodeo Drive, Hollywood and Vine, Santa Monica beaches, and Disneyland. The most violent outbreaks of civil unrest in U.S. history have erupted on its streets twice — 27 years and just three miles apart. CRIPS AND BLOODS: Made in America searches for answers by providing a historical and sociological context for the rise of the devastating gang violence. Directed by Stacy Peralta and narrated by Forest Whitaker. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/cripsandbloods/

Community Cinema Seattle is presented by KCTS9 Television Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, The City of Seattle Office for Civil Rights, and the Seattle International Film Festival.

WHAT: CRIPS & BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA and discussion hosted by Enrique Cerna
WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM (doors at 11:30am)
WHERE: SIFF Cinema, 321 Mercer Street, Seattle, 98109
WHO: ITVS, KCTS, KBCS FM, SOCR, & SIFF
HOW: Free. For more information visit http://communitycinema.org/

CRIPS & BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA is hosted by KCTS9 CONNECTS host Enrique Cerna and locally co-sponsored by the The Youth Outreach program of the Seattle Police Department (YO SPD), the Mayor's Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative, the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas, and the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival.

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