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June 23, 2013 by The Vine Events

One Perspective on “Free Angela”

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We asked some of our guest from our screening of “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” to share their thoughts about the film. Our third guest blogger is Dustin Wilson. Thanks Dustin for your support and sharing!

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One Perspective on “Free Angela”

By Dustin Wilson

It was a great night on May 29th as Hannah (my wife) and I got the chance to attend the viewing of “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” with our good friends Anthony and Toni Smith. This documentary was about a professor and activist Angela Davis who took a stand for justice for the oppressed in the midst of difficult times in the 60s and early 70s. This documentary was beautifully painted by the film’s director Shola Lynch.

Here are the few things that stood out to me.

HERO or TERRORIST?

Growing up in the 90s as a young white boy, I never heard stories about Angela Davis. I did hear stories about Ronald Reagan and also Richard Nixon but not like I heard them in this documentary. As I watched the story of Angela, my eyes were opened once again to the fact that when someone goes against the powers that be, to some that person might be a terrorist but to others, a hero. In this case, I believe that Angela Davis was a hero to the oppressed in the face of angry, power-hungry white males that did not want to see things the way that they were during the 60s and early 70s.

Story Teller

In a way, what Angela Davis did was read the story of society as it was displayed during her day and then wrote a new story of how it should be. Her story was for justice and for freedom. She used her well-educated words to speak out for equal rights. Just like when you are reading a book that you do not like, you close it and put it down, the folks that were in power tried to do the same thing by closing the book. They wanted Angela Davis quiet. They wanted to shut her book. But just like a book that cannot be put down, people wanted to hear Angela Davis. Through the “new” story telling of Angela Davis, a revolution was birthed and lived out.

Race Issues/Women Rights Issues

Angela Davis challenged white men and people of power to see things through different eyes. She spoke up for the voiceless. The 60s and early 70s were full of racism in the deepest form and women were also not viewed the same as men. As I see it, we live in a society where race is still an issue and justice is sometimes one sided. We, like Angela, need to see the story of our society and call for justice. Not only do we need to call for it, but also, as Angela, do our part to rewrite the story.

I would like to thank Tonya Miller Cross with “The Vine Events” for organizing this event. There was a great turn out and I look forward to
future events by The Vine.

Dustin Wilson lives in East Spencer, NC. Dustin is co-organizer/missionary of Freedom Journey – a missionary effort in Rowan County journeying toward reconciliation of people to God, neighbor to neighbor and church to community. Dustin is also apart of a kingdom experiment in Salisbury, NC called Mission House.

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June 15, 2013 by The Vine Events

“Free Angela” – Trip Down Memory Lane

Free Angela PromoWe asked some of our guest from our screening of “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” to share their thoughts about the film. Our second guest blogger is Whitney Peckman. Thanks Whitney for your support and sharing!

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“Free Angela” – Trip Down Memory Lane

Seeing Free Angela and All Political Prisoners was both a learning experience and a trip down Memory Lane since I am a year older than she. I remember, at the time, the disbelief in the white community – disbelief at what so many saw as audacity (that blacks would take such an independent stand without fear – though, of course, there was plenty of fear!), as incredulity (that “they” had anything to complain about…after all, the Civil Rights Bill was a done deal!), and, as events continued to evolve and invade living rooms with the evening news, growing fear. Would this be the revolution? (Would this be when “they” got back at us?) And, there were some, mostly on college campuses (and amazingly, on farms!), who could see the truth, as is well shown in the film. Thank God for institutions of higher learning!

My personal life, in those years, was greatly in turmoil. I had spent several years living in a mixed community and on college campuses. Looking back, and watching people come together over what was such a righteous cause, made me wish I had driven across the country, my two-year old by the hand, and joined the picket line. Angela was a bright shining star – an enormously intelligent woman in control of her choices because she took control of them. Others of us came more slowly to that achievement.

And so, I watched the film with a much greater understanding of those hard fought battles. I wonder if Angela knows, really understands, what a giant leap she made – for all of us…black, white, women, men, Americans striving to live up to our vision of this land of the free. One could not sit in that audience and fail to understand that the same struggle goes on today. The struggle continues, and every high school student should see Free Angela.

Whitney Peckman – Artist-painter/sculptor. Writer/fiction. Traveler. whitneypeckman.com whitneypeckman.blogspot.com

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