October 15th Solidarity - Remember the state terror raids

Indymedia and October 15th Solidarity Auckland present 3 Black Panthers & The Last Slave Plantation. Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Wednesday 3 September, 5.30pm Entry by koha. All proceeds going towards food for the defendants and their families during court.

3 Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation tells the gripping story of three men, former members of the Black Panther Party, known collectively as the Angola 3. Exploring their extraordinary struggles for dignity, justice, and human rights while incarcerated in Angola Prison in Louisiana, one of the "most brutal and racist prisons in the United States". Politicized through contact with Black Panther Party while inside prison they formed one of the only prison Panther chapters in history. Under conditions of racism, and repression, they organized other prisoners to build a movement for their rights. 3 Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation focus on the cover-ups that have surrounded their cases while exploring the political climate of the 1960s and 70s that produced "political" prisoners in America.

This feature length movie, narrated by Mumia Abu-Jamal, features interviews with former Panthers, political prisoners and revolutionaries including: Bo Brown, Geronimo (ji Jaga) Pratt, Malik Rahim, Yuri Kochiyama, David Hilliard, Rod Coronado, Noelle Hanrahan, Kiilu Nyasha, Marion Brown, Luis Talamantez, Gail Shaw and many others. Portions of the proceeds go to support the Angola 3.