Dialogic Cinephilia - March 2, 2019

Clarke, Isha. "Teen Climate Activist to Sen. Dianne Feinstein: We Need the Green New Deal to Prevent the Apocalypse." Democracy Now (March 1, 2019) ["“We’re the ones affected.” Those are the words of youth climate activists who confronted California Senator Dianne Feinstein last week in San Francisco, demanding she sign on to the Green New Deal. In a video of the interaction that has since been seen across the country, Feinstein dismissed the children—some as young as 7 years old—asking her to take bold action on climate change. We speak with the youth climate activists who confronted the senator: 16-year-old Isha Clarke, 12-year-old Rio and his 10-year-old sister Magdalena." 2nd part: "Meet the Kids Who Confronted Sen. Feinstein: We’re the Ones Who Will Have to Live with It."]





Do Not Resist (Watch it here)

Rogers, Jamal. "Do Not Resist Documents America's Militarized Police Force." The St. Louis American (March 1, 2017)

Speri, Alice. "Police Make More than 10 million Arrests a Year, But That Doesn't Mean They are Solving Crimes." The Intercept (January 31, 2019)

Okoumou, Patricia. "Activist Faces Prison for Climbing Statue of Liberty & Southwest Key HQ to Protest Family Separation." Democracy Now (March 1, 2019) ["Last week, immigrant activist Patricia Okoumou climbed the Southwest Key building in Austin, Texas, to protest the company jailing immigrant children. Now a judge in New York will decide whether to revoke her bail from her first arrest, when she climbed the Statue of Liberty on July 4 to protest President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy. Okoumou was with the group Rise and Resist on July 4 last year as they dropped a banner from the statute that read ”ABOLISH ICE.” She broke away from the group and climbed all the way to Lady Liberty’s left foot, where she continued to protest and refused to leave until she was arrested. She has since pleaded not guilty to trespassing, interference with government agency functions and disorderly conduct. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 19, but prosecutors claim her latest protest was a violation of the terms of her bond, and she has been ordered back to court today. She joins us just hours before her appearance."]