Committing Poetry:
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Committing Poetry in Times of War, winner of the 2007 Best Human Rights Film Award at the Taos Mountain Festival, is a poetic glance at a community’s response to a series of teacher firings, taking place in the context of police brutality and restrictive free speech zones - a nation at war abroad and with its people.
The central story follows Youth Poetry Slam Team Coach, Bill Nevins' firing as a teacher, and the silencing of his outspoken High School Poetry Team. The film depicts in vivid footage how days later, hundreds of peaceful protestors demonstrating nearby were brutally assaulted by police. Free Speech Zones were enforced at gunpoint. The fabric of the Constitution was crumbling. Yet out of this fire, across the country, arose a courageous community of creative musicians and poets. Dubbed Poetic Justice, it modeled free speech and proved to be a testament to our creative spirit, representing a path toward transformation and hope. The film, with its “blood pounding” slam poetry, is being shown at Festivals world wide, was nominated for Best Documentary in South Africa’s Everglades International Film Festival and won the prestigious Tellus Poetry Film of the Year Award. From the filmmaker: Official website | Trailer | Buy the DVD | Hosting materials Tags: documentary, , protest, first amendment, slam poetry, free speech, teacher rights, academic freedom, police brutality, Creativity, high school, Poetry, Demonstrations, Bill Nevins, Free Speech Zone No screenings of Committing Poetry are currently scheduled. Host one yourself!
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