We're live tweeting from the advance screening of #BaltimoreRisingDoc @HBODocs. Follow this thread for updates.
Film starts with Baltimore Councilman Carl Stokes: The riot didn't tear up the community. The condition of the community caused the uprising.
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Check back for post-film panel discussion about what happened after Freddie Gray's death and where we go from here.
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Dean Bill Treanor asks what can people do?
@dayvonlove - The problem is that most people's ideas to deal with violence has to do with policing ... we need to spend more on community-based programs.Show this thread -
@SonjaSohn - Get in where you fit in. We all have talents we all have gifts... if we all get involved long term you'll see that the needle does move.#BaltimoreRisingDocShow this thread -
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@SonjaSohn introducing cast of film to audience and loud applause.Show this thread -
Prof Anthony Cook - sometimes it's just a bit overwhelming when over 200 years of slavery, 100 years of Jim Crow has created a system of institutionalized racism...
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... what do you do with that reality? ... I think you got to get to work and organize the way people did in the 40s and 50s... we need to commit ourselves to what is going to be a long-term struggle.
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@Christy_E_Lopez (who wrote DOJ's Ferguson report) says pie won't get bigger for public investment so we need to shift resources from policing to things that can make a difference (mental health, community programs...)#BaltimoreRisingDocShow this thread -
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@DayvonLove - it's not the evil racists or the crazy republicans, it's other liberals, the Democrats, the people who see themselves as conscious that are part of the problem.#BaltimoreRisingDocShow this thread -
Where should the resources be put? Prof Anthony Cook: those resources are being held captive... We're in a situation where you have to do - always - the best that you can with what you've got.... (including) pooling resources... micro-enterprise
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@Christy_E_Lopez says film brings home The importance of hearing other sides of the story and hearing other people's perspectives.#BaltimoreRisingDocShow this thread
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