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On Wednesday, February 16th at
7:30pm,
join the TIFF community for a film
and talkback that will spark conversations for years to come.
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“And then, I was just gone.
Anything he thought of a mother, I shattered. They know that I’m at
the end of my sentence. So, I do hope I can put their world right
side up. But… I can’t take what they’ve been through away.”
Lydia, Apart
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The United States is awakening to
the crisis of mass incarceration and the “war on drugs,” but the
devastating effects these forces have had on women are still
underreported. Since the 1980s, the number of women in prison has
grown by a staggering 800%. Most Americans don’t know that women
are now the fastest-growing segment of the prison population, and
80 percent of women entering the system are mothers.
—Jennifer Redfearn,
Director/Producer
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APART tells the stories of women and
their loved ones whose lives have been upended by the criminal
justice system. Amanda, Tomika, and Lydia, the mothers featured,
are but three of the growing number of women incarcerated in U.S.
prisons.
This screening will be followed by
a live talkback with Malika Kidd, Program Director, Workforce
Development, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (featured in Apart). Moderated by Helen Archontou of the YWCA of Northern New
Jersey
APART is part of the TIFF/PBS/Indie
Lens Pop-Up/Puffin Foundation Winter-Spring 2022 documentary
series. Sponsored locally by the YWCA of Northern New
Jersey, Sen. Loretta Weinberg and the League of Women Voters
of Teaneck
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February is Black History Month!
Click
here to view/join FDU's virtual events all month.
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Coming up from TIFF in March and
April:
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 7:30PM
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WRITING WITH FIRE
In the midst
of a patriarchal news landscape, the reporters with Khabar
Lahariya – India’s only all-female news network – are taking it
upon themselves to redefine power. Sponsored by NPZ Law Group.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 7:30PM
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TRY HARDER
At a prestigious public high school, fiercely
competitive seniors share the dream, and the stress, of getting
into a top university.
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