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Film series examines the Black experience in America’s criminal justice system

November 18, 2021 by Jad Salem

Four short films titled “Healing Thru Freedom” were created to document Black experiences in America’s modern criminal justice system, according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews, Recently Posted Tagged With: criminal justice system, Documentary

BOOK REVIEW: ‘American Dirt’ by Jeanine Cummins

October 30, 2021 by Charles Crow

A mother and her 8-year-old son flee northward from deep in southern Mexico. Hard on their heels is the cartel intent on their murders. Cut off from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: book review

Book Review-Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy By Heather Ann Thompson

September 23, 2021 by Kevin Sawyer

Attica (ăt′ ĭ-kə) n. An ancient region of east-central Greece around Athens. According to Greek legend, the four Attic tribes were unified into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: book, book review

BOOK REVIEW: The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen (2001)

August 30, 2021 by Juan Haines

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (2001) opens with a storyline that is hard and edgy. However, as the characters come to life, detailed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: book review

HBO film O.G. reviewed at Sing Sing prison

September 11, 2019 by Marcus Henderson

Incarcerated audience was invited to engage in Q&A dialogue with film’s director Madeleine Sackler The groundbreaking film O.G. was shown to a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Recently Posted Tagged With: HBO film O.G., marcus henderson, Sing Sing prison

Power Source group commemorates first-ever YOP graduation

September 11, 2019 by Joe Garcia

San Quentin youth offenders came together on their own—in a grassroots ceremony on June 23, to commemorate the first-ever graduating cycle of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Joe Garcia, Power Source group

Removal of books from prison library seen as attempt to censor black history

September 11, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

The Danville Correctional Center in Illinois has removed more than 200 books from its library, volunteers from the Education Justice Project and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: black history, Danville Correctional Center in Illinois, Institutions

Ken Burns brings Country Music to SQ

September 10, 2019 by Joe Garcia

Ken Burns, Julie Dunfey and Dayton Duncan hosting a Q&A for their PBS documentary Country Music

Ken Burns came to the San Quentin chapel and delivered an exclusive prison screening of his latest American gospel, Country Music. The July 24 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Featured, Recently Posted Tagged With: Country Music at SQ, Joe Garcia, Ken Burns

East Oakland Times publisher Tio MacDonald

July 15, 2019 by Juan Haines

Duane Miles & Tio MacDonald

Many people in the San Quentin writing community are familiar with East Oakland Times and its publisher, Tio MacDonald. Dime after dime goes to his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: East Oakland times, My crime series, Tio MacDonald

The documentary Q Ball premieres at San Quentin

July 10, 2019 by San Quentin News Contributor

Members of the San Quentin general population, Heist Projects and CNN watching Q Ball.

“My first visit to The Q with the Warriors was an experience I will never forget” On a rainy Wednesday evening in the middle of May, Q Ball … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: Kevin Durant, Q Ball, Warriors

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