On the eve of what many are calling a historic presidential election, join us for a screening of Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed, about Shirley Chisholm's run for the presidency in 1972, on Saturday, October 18, 3-6 p.m. Learn more about a woman who shook up the world as she became the "candidate of the people." Plus panel, featuring: Robin Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, a celebration of the power of imagination to transform society through the histories of black activists and thinkers over the past century; and Yo' Mama's Disfunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America.
Also showing on Thursday, October 16, 7-9 p.m.: Juvies, a film about the realities of sentencing children as adults through the eyes of 12 L.A. youth essentially facing life in prison.
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