Mutulu was finally granted an early release in light of his current medical condition. The former Black Liberation Army member has been battling stage-3 multiple myeloma, a fatal blood cancer. It notably affects an individual’s bones and kidneys. The Ringleader was Arrested in 1986 He was involved in the 1981 robbery of Brink’s armored car along with other members of the Black Liberation Army. 1.6 million were stolen in cash, and a guard, Peter Paige, and two Nyack police officers, Edward O’Grady and Waverly Brown were killed. Furthermore, Joseph Trombino, another guard, was seriously injured. Six years later, in February
Mutulu Shakur, Tupac’s Stepfather granted Parole over His Deteriorating Health...
Mutulu Shakur, Tupac’s Stepfather granted Parole over His Deteriorating Health...
- 12/24/2022
- by Zainab Rizwan
- TVovermind.com
Vice is launching its own online documentary film festival with 11 feature-docs curated by the company’s co-founder Suroosh Alvi.
The youth-skewing media company is launching a site to house the films, which includes a number of Oscar contenders, with each film featuring a Q&a with Alvi and the filmmakers and subjects.
The films are The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, Showgirls of Pakistan, We Hold the Line, Sakawa, Another Kind of Paradise, Dope Is Death, Mayor, The Donut King, Yung Lean – In My Head, Two Gods and The Prophet and the Space Aliens (full details below).
The collection will be preceded by a linear airing of The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, which will air today, January 31 at 6:30am Pt, on Vice TV, with the site going live at 8am Pt.
The Short List With Suroosh Alvi is produced by Vice World News and distributed worldwide by Vice Distribution. Executive...
The youth-skewing media company is launching a site to house the films, which includes a number of Oscar contenders, with each film featuring a Q&a with Alvi and the filmmakers and subjects.
The films are The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, Showgirls of Pakistan, We Hold the Line, Sakawa, Another Kind of Paradise, Dope Is Death, Mayor, The Donut King, Yung Lean – In My Head, Two Gods and The Prophet and the Space Aliens (full details below).
The collection will be preceded by a linear airing of The Toxic Pigs of Fukushima, which will air today, January 31 at 6:30am Pt, on Vice TV, with the site going live at 8am Pt.
The Short List With Suroosh Alvi is produced by Vice World News and distributed worldwide by Vice Distribution. Executive...
- 1/31/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The courtroom drama Foster Boy, starring Matthew Modine, Louis Gossett Jr. and Danny Glover, is set to open the virtual Toronto Black Film Festival on Feb. 10.
The indie, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and directed by Youssef Delara, will launch the 9th edition of Canada’s biggest showcase of Black cinema, organizers said on Tuesday.
And the festival will close with Mia Donovan’s Dope is Death, a documentary about Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and fellow Black Panthers creating the first acupuncture detoxification program in the U.S. in 1973 to help heroin addicts deal with withdrawal ...
The indie, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and directed by Youssef Delara, will launch the 9th edition of Canada’s biggest showcase of Black cinema, organizers said on Tuesday.
And the festival will close with Mia Donovan’s Dope is Death, a documentary about Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and fellow Black Panthers creating the first acupuncture detoxification program in the U.S. in 1973 to help heroin addicts deal with withdrawal ...
- 1/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The courtroom drama Foster Boy, starring Matthew Modine, Louis Gossett Jr. and Danny Glover, is set to open the virtual Toronto Black Film Festival on Feb. 10.
The indie, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and directed by Youssef Delara, will launch the 9th edition of Canada’s biggest showcase of Black cinema, organizers said on Tuesday.
And the festival will close with Mia Donovan’s Dope is Death, a documentary about Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and fellow Black Panthers creating the first acupuncture detoxification program in the U.S. in 1973 to help heroin addicts deal with withdrawal ...
The indie, executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal and directed by Youssef Delara, will launch the 9th edition of Canada’s biggest showcase of Black cinema, organizers said on Tuesday.
And the festival will close with Mia Donovan’s Dope is Death, a documentary about Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and fellow Black Panthers creating the first acupuncture detoxification program in the U.S. in 1973 to help heroin addicts deal with withdrawal ...
- 1/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Four years ago, Doc NYC was the first major film festival after the election. It was an appropriate time for the country’s largest showcasing of non-fiction cinema, much of which speaks to some of the most pressing issues of our time. That’s true again this year, but the mood is likely to be quite different, and so is the experience as a whole. Like most of the festival circuit this year, Doc NYC is going virtual, which means that people across America can stream all 108 features and 92 shorts over the course of eight packed days.
The lineup encompasses a wide range of subjects, from activism to police brutality and the role of creativity to parse an increasingly complex world. Here are 11 highlights. Browse the full lineup and purchase tickets here. Doc NYC runs November 11-19.
“A La Calle”
Following in the tradition of revolutionary documentaries like “The Square” and “Winter on Fire,...
The lineup encompasses a wide range of subjects, from activism to police brutality and the role of creativity to parse an increasingly complex world. Here are 11 highlights. Browse the full lineup and purchase tickets here. Doc NYC runs November 11-19.
“A La Calle”
Following in the tradition of revolutionary documentaries like “The Square” and “Winter on Fire,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Chris O'Falt, Tambay Obenson and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Utopia has acquired “Dope Is Death,” a look at the establishment of an unconventional detoxification program in the Bronx in the early 1970s to deal with the heroin epidemic.
The sale took place in advance of the film’s screening in November at Doc NYC. Mia Donovan, who previously helmed “Inside Lara Roxx” and “Deprogrammed,” directed the film.
“Dope Is Death” centers on Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and a coalition of left-wing activists from the Young Lords and Black Panthers, who combined community health with radical politics to create Lincoln Detox, the first acupuncture detoxification program in America.
The film is slated to premiere on Vice World News — a new series presented by Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi — before releasing digitally across VOD platforms.
“I feel so honoured to share this story of how community activists confronted the war on drugs with acupuncture and political education,” Donovan said.
The sale took place in advance of the film’s screening in November at Doc NYC. Mia Donovan, who previously helmed “Inside Lara Roxx” and “Deprogrammed,” directed the film.
“Dope Is Death” centers on Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and a coalition of left-wing activists from the Young Lords and Black Panthers, who combined community health with radical politics to create Lincoln Detox, the first acupuncture detoxification program in America.
The film is slated to premiere on Vice World News — a new series presented by Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi — before releasing digitally across VOD platforms.
“I feel so honoured to share this story of how community activists confronted the war on drugs with acupuncture and political education,” Donovan said.
- 10/26/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
A woman who served as the getaway driver for the radical organization the Weather Underground has been granted parole after serving a 37-year prison sentence.
On Wednesday, the New York state parole board granted early release to Judith Clark, 69, who was arrested in 1981 after driving the getaway car for an attempted bank robbery in Rockland County, New York, which took the lives of two state police officers and a security guard. The heist was orchestrated by the radical left-wing organization the Weather Underground, which wanted to steal $1.6 million from a...
On Wednesday, the New York state parole board granted early release to Judith Clark, 69, who was arrested in 1981 after driving the getaway car for an attempted bank robbery in Rockland County, New York, which took the lives of two state police officers and a security guard. The heist was orchestrated by the radical left-wing organization the Weather Underground, which wanted to steal $1.6 million from a...
- 4/17/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
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