Buy tickets here: filmguide.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2014/xslguide/eventnote.php?notepg=1&EventNumber=3225 See the full festival line up here: filmguide.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2014/filmguide/Title/detail Directed By: blair dorosh-walther Screenwriter: blair dorosh-walther Producers: blair dorosh-walther, Giovanna Chesler, Mridu Chandra, Yoruba Richen Executive Producers: Abigail Disney, Sally Jo Fifer Cinematographer: Daniel Patterson Editor: Kristen Huntley Music: Mario Grigorov Featuring: Renata Hill, Patreese Johnson, Terrain Dandridge, Venice Brown Taking us beyond the sensational "Attack of the Killer Lesbians" headlines, blair dorosh-walther's provocative documentary pulls back the curtain on a tragic miscarriage of justice.   In New York City's West Village in 2006, four gay African-American women were brutally assaulted by a stranger whose unwanted sexual advances they'd just spurned. In defending themselves, they also unwittingly left themselves vulnerable to draconian prison sentences that wrested them from their supportive New Jersey families. dorosh-walther returns to the scene of their alleged crime, using security footage to condemn the deplorable conduct of unscrupulous reporters and callous police officers. With a deep compassion for its subjects tempering its outrage over the indignities they've suffered, the film poses a troubling question: How would have this unfolded had it been four straight white women instead? The screening on Sunday, June 15th at 12:30 pm will also serve as the launch to the UN Free and Equal Global Film Series and includes a conversation with the filmmakers and UN representatives to discuss these issues and the power of film to combat violence and discrimination. For more information cut and paste the following link into your browser filmguide.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2014/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=9112

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