June 19, 2013

Audrey’s Society Whirl: Stars Attend World Premiere of ‘Free Angela and All Political Prisoners’

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*On Wednesday evening, April 3, 2013, there were as many stars at the exclusive world premiere of Free Angela and All Political Prisoners as there were in the sky. The starry political-crime-drama documentary screening about social activism icon Angela Davis took place at a place that is very familiar with Black star power as it [...]




Angela Davis has ‘Complicated Relationship’ with her Pop Culture Image

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*Filmmaker Shola Lynch’s documentary “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,” which screened at the Toronto Film Festival in September, finally opened in theaters today with an assist from one of its producers Jada Pinkett Smith. The actress has been passionately plugging the film in radio and web interviews all week, even willing to answer off-topic [...]




Jay-Z, Will Smith Present ‘Free Angela Davis & All Political Prisoners’

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*Among the films premiering at this month’s Toronto International Film Festival [TIFF] was a documentary about political activist, author and scholar Angela Davis that was produced to coincide with the 40th anniversary of her famous acquittal. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] In August 1970, the then UCLA professor was charged with the aggravated kidnapping and [...]