Documentaries screened in Istanbul tell stories of prisoners – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review

Williams Francone, born on the day of Mumia’s arrest, investigates the case of a man who has been imprisoned for Francone’s entire life. Interviews with Alice Walker, Noam Chomsky, Mos Def, Snoop Dog and Mumia’s attorney reveal racial injustice underlying Mumia’s conviction. The fact that Mumia was a member of the Black Panther Party, an African American organization, known for its notion of “black nationalism,” adds a political dimension to his conviction. In 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal for a new trial and sustained the 1982 ruling.

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