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29th June 2013, 02:09
For the last month I have been a part of an incredible journey organizing about the documentary, Herman's House. (http://hermanshousethefilm.com/)
Here is the trailer.
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The Synosis is:
Herman Wallace, one of the 3 Black Panthers convicted to serve life in solitary confinement, may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States—he's spent more than 41 years in a 6-by-9-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery he admits, he was subsequently sentenced to life for a killing he vehemently denies. Herman's House is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace's "dream home" began as a game and became an interrogation of justice and punishment in America. The film takes us inside the duo's unlikely 12-year friendship, revealing the transformative power of art.
There have been several documentaries done on the Angola 3, but here is a trailer of another film on them, Angola 3.
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Robert King who was a panelist for the showing of Herman's House, was 150 miles away in another prison and was accused and prosecuted for the killing of a prison guard. The bloody finger prints on the knife that killed the prison guard did not match the finger prints of Herman, King, or Albert Woodfox but because they as Black Panthers were helping other inmates get appeals and their cases heard, and stopping the brutal rapes of new young inmates, they were considered threats and placed in solitary confinement without any evidence. Woodfox's case has been overturned a few times, but the courts have been swayed not to release him. The details are here.
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Herman has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is no longer in solitary confinement, but in a infirmary separated from others. The film Hermans House is set to be shown in POV /PBS July 8th. One of the guards has been quoted to say he is going to try to allow Herman to watch the film.
If you cannot get PBS in your area, it should be available to stream it online July 8th at http://www.pbs.org/pov/hermanshouse/.
Edit: King said the number 1 priority right now in the fight against solitary confinement is to petition Governor Jindal and request he be allowed to die in hospice surroundings, not to die alone and in jail. There are a lot of states that have programs that release terminally ill /elderly prisoners, but of course, Louisiana isnt one of them. Please, take a minute and go to this link requesting Hermans removal to a hospice environment. Here is the latest (http://solitarywatch.com/2013/06/24/angola-3s-herman-wallace-gravely-ill-still-held-in-isolation/) on his health.
Petition to Gov. Jindal
http://www.gov.la.gov/index.cfm?md=form&tmp=email_governor
Edit 2.0- We also need to follow this link and join the movement here
http://hermanshouse.org/get-involved/
http://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons/statement/solitary-statement
Here is the trailer.
Gjd1smWtf7k
The Synosis is:
Herman Wallace, one of the 3 Black Panthers convicted to serve life in solitary confinement, may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States—he's spent more than 41 years in a 6-by-9-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery he admits, he was subsequently sentenced to life for a killing he vehemently denies. Herman's House is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace's "dream home" began as a game and became an interrogation of justice and punishment in America. The film takes us inside the duo's unlikely 12-year friendship, revealing the transformative power of art.
There have been several documentaries done on the Angola 3, but here is a trailer of another film on them, Angola 3.
ArZImMoC5Ns
Robert King who was a panelist for the showing of Herman's House, was 150 miles away in another prison and was accused and prosecuted for the killing of a prison guard. The bloody finger prints on the knife that killed the prison guard did not match the finger prints of Herman, King, or Albert Woodfox but because they as Black Panthers were helping other inmates get appeals and their cases heard, and stopping the brutal rapes of new young inmates, they were considered threats and placed in solitary confinement without any evidence. Woodfox's case has been overturned a few times, but the courts have been swayed not to release him. The details are here.
IAJknBHc-Qk
Herman has been diagnosed with liver cancer and is no longer in solitary confinement, but in a infirmary separated from others. The film Hermans House is set to be shown in POV /PBS July 8th. One of the guards has been quoted to say he is going to try to allow Herman to watch the film.
If you cannot get PBS in your area, it should be available to stream it online July 8th at http://www.pbs.org/pov/hermanshouse/.
Edit: King said the number 1 priority right now in the fight against solitary confinement is to petition Governor Jindal and request he be allowed to die in hospice surroundings, not to die alone and in jail. There are a lot of states that have programs that release terminally ill /elderly prisoners, but of course, Louisiana isnt one of them. Please, take a minute and go to this link requesting Hermans removal to a hospice environment. Here is the latest (http://solitarywatch.com/2013/06/24/angola-3s-herman-wallace-gravely-ill-still-held-in-isolation/) on his health.
Petition to Gov. Jindal
http://www.gov.la.gov/index.cfm?md=form&tmp=email_governor
Edit 2.0- We also need to follow this link and join the movement here
http://hermanshouse.org/get-involved/
http://www.nrcat.org/torture-in-us-prisons/statement/solitary-statement