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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Writing Behind Bars: Film & Poetry\nEvent Url: http
 ://www.nowplayingaustin.com/event/detail/440116843/Writing_Behind_Bars_Fil
 m_Poetry\nEvent Date Begin: 2008-10-16\nEvent Date End: 2008-10-16\n\nRed 
 Salmon Arts and the Mexican American Cultural Center present Writing Behin
 d Bars a special screening of the new documentary Writ Writer by Susanne M
 ason and poetry reading by award-winning writer Jorge Antonio Renaud. The 
 event celebrates the creativity and courage of two convicted felons who re
 fused to be shamed into silence by their history.  With their pens they ga
 ve voice to the crushing brutality of prison life\, seeking humane treatme
 nt of prisoners.\n\nWrit Writer  portrays the historic conflict that emerg
 ed in the 1960s when prisoners in Texas rose up to challenge the brutal co
 nditions in state prisons. Focusing on the story of self-taught jailhouse 
 lawyer Fred Arispe Cruz\, the film portrays the protracted legal battle fo
 r the right of Texas prisoners to assist each other with lawsuits. Ultimat
 ely\, Cruz's legal battle initiated what lead to the most comprehensive co
 urt-ordered state prison reform in U.S. history.\n\nFollowing the film\, J
 orge Antonio Renaud will read from his unpublished collection of poetry wr
 itten while incarcerated.  Renaud spent 17 years in Texas prisons for robb
 ery\, and was released in July 2008.  This will be his first public appear
 ance to read his work since his incarceration in 1991.  Renaud's reading w
 ill pay tribute to one of his mentors\, the late raulrsalinas\, founder of
  Red Salmon Arts in Austin.\n\nPart of the AFS Contemporary German Cinema 
 Screening Series.\n\nStart time: Thursday\, 7:00pm
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SUMMARY:Writing Behind Bars: Film & Poetry
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