REMEMBERING MIKEY - 2 YEARS ON
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'On 7th September 2005 Mikey's family will be marking the second anniversary of his death. We would ask that you spend a moment in thought on that date for Mikey and all those that have died in custody.'
Friends of Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice in association with Injustice
Presents
35 YEARS ON
'staying focused - keeping up the struggle'
A Memorial Event for Mikey Powell and David Oluwale
Benefit screening of ‘INJUSTICE’ + Q&A with families & filmmaker
'Injustice' is a radical documentary about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody in the UK. This award winning film is banned by Channel 4 and the BBC.
Sunday 2nd October 2005 (Doors open 12 noon Film starts at 12.30pm)
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
Entrance £3.50 (£2.50 concessions)
Info: 07770 432 439 or 0774 008 3915
Friends of Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice in association with Injustice
Presents
35 YEARS ON
'staying focused - keeping up the struggle'
A Memorial Event for Mikey Powell and David Oluwale
Benefit screening of ‘INJUSTICE’ + Q&A with families & filmmaker
'Injustice' is a radical documentary about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody in the UK. This award winning film is banned by Channel 4 and the BBC.
Sunday 2nd October 2005 (Doors open 12 noon Film starts at 12.30pm)
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
Entrance £3.50 (£2.50 concessions)
Info: 07770 432 439 or 0774 008 3915
The events key focus is:
marking two years since Mikey Powell's death and also commemorating the death of David Oluwale in Leeds, 1969. He was the first recorded Black death in custody in Britain. Whilst two officers went to prison as a consequence of his death, there has never been a successful prosecution for murder/manslaughter in the UK
A minutes silence will be observed.
Our special guest will be:
Caryl Phillips
Caryl Phillips was born in St Kitts, brought up in Leeds, and he now lives in New York City. He is the editor of two anthologies, has written for television, radio, theatre and cinema and is the author of three works of non-fiction and seven novels. Crossing The River was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. After being named the Sunday Times Writer of the Year in 1992, Caryl Phillips was on the 1993 Granta list of Best of Young British Writers. His novel A Distant Shore won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
His latest novel Dancing in the Dark will be published in September 2005
marking two years since Mikey Powell's death and also commemorating the death of David Oluwale in Leeds, 1969. He was the first recorded Black death in custody in Britain. Whilst two officers went to prison as a consequence of his death, there has never been a successful prosecution for murder/manslaughter in the UK
A minutes silence will be observed.
Our special guest will be:
Caryl Phillips
Caryl Phillips was born in St Kitts, brought up in Leeds, and he now lives in New York City. He is the editor of two anthologies, has written for television, radio, theatre and cinema and is the author of three works of non-fiction and seven novels. Crossing The River was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. After being named the Sunday Times Writer of the Year in 1992, Caryl Phillips was on the 1993 Granta list of Best of Young British Writers. His novel A Distant Shore won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
His latest novel Dancing in the Dark will be published in September 2005
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