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The Jena 6

July 6, 2009

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“The DA’s pen has replaced the lynching noose” -Mumia Abu Jamal

Barely noticed In the midst of the hullabaloo and media hype over the death of Michael Jackson, a notorious case of racial injustice against six working-class African-American youths came to a quiet conclusion in the LaSalle Parish courthouse on June 25, 2009, in the parish (county) seat of Jena, state of Louisiana.

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Big Noise Dispatches, Volumes 1-4

April 28, 2009

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Big Noise Films has cultivated a reputation for delivering some of the grittiest documentary films out there — often first-person footage of grassroots rebellions by communities deeply affected by oppressive histories and institutions.

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