Resistance Cinema & Ascension Outreach Free Film Series presents …

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Broken on all sidesBroken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration and New Visions for Criminal Justice in the US. (2012, 68 minutes). Here is a link to the trailer for the film.

This documentary film is a powerful indictment of the prison industrial complex and will be shown in our free film series on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 7pm, in the Church of the Ascension at 5th Avenue & 10th Street. Director Matthew Pillischer explores the theory that mass incarceration has become “The New Jim Crow.” The guest speakers will be NYU Professor and ACLU Staff Attorney Jason Williamson and The Venerable William Parnell, Archdeacon for Mission in the NY Episcopal Diocese. Join us for this important film and some lively Q & A to follow.

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This week, the rector reflects on the road to Emmaus, where two grief-stricken disciples walk with a stranger who listens to their trauma, reframes their despair, and reminds them that God works even in brokenness. Only when he breaks bread with them do their eyes open and they recognize the risen Christ. Mother Liz asks when we have encountered the Risen One—in deep listening, unexpected hope amid trauma, familiar liturgy, or the faces gathered around the table—inviting us to notice where Easter life continues spreading among and through us.

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