Thursday, October 25, 2007

What Level Does Pikachu Learn Its Last Move All my life in prison: interview with William Francome

Mumia conscious since I remember. This is because the night I was born, he was arrested for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. As my mother reminded me again and again, every birthday of mine represented another year in prison for Mumia ... I embarked on a trip to meet the man who has been in prison my whole life. " The 90-minute film opens on October 25 at the London Film Festival and International Film Festival in Rome. With the acclaimed British actor Colin Firth as an executive producer, In Prison My Whole Life is directed by Marc Evans and produced by Livia Firth and Nick Goodwin Self. The film has interviews with people like Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Ramona Africa, and musicians MosDef, Snoop Dogg and Steve Earle. Amnesty International, the organization concluded in a previous report that the original trial of Abu-Jamal in 1982 was unfair, supports this documentary as part of its international campaign to abolish the death penalty. The Amnesty International UK director Kate Allen said: "It's shocking that the U.S. justice system has repeatedly failed to address the appalling violation of the fundamental rights of Mumia Abu-Jamal a fair trial." Photos Polakoff have been visible at the site of the Journalists for Mumia since Dr. Schiffmann presented the photos in May, during the same week that the Federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard arguments with regard to justice or lack of it in process 1982 (listen to the audio of the hearing.) Pending important ruling of the Court (expected in any week),crime discovered by German author Michael Schiffmann? and how do you have in your movie? William Francome: The photos of press photographer Pedro Polakoff highlighted in the film there is also an interview with him and the other with Michael Schiffmann, the German author who found them. The photos are really amazing because it shows total lack of professionalism of the police in charge of preserving the crime scene and any forensic evidence that could have been there. There are pictures of a policeman holding two guns found at the scene in one hand without gloves, an act which obviously contaminate any fingerprints or dust residue. There are the police walking around the scene. Some of the photos also show that Officer Faulkner's hat was moved from one place to another. Maybe I'm just an amateur with respect to maintaining a crime scene, but I think these sbeen resolved. WF: The film is to premiere at film festivals in London and Rome and I am pleased to say that tickets to all performances are sold out. We are still inthe early stages and we have to wait and see what happens if and when a dealer take care of it. I'm sure there will be screenings of the film in the United States shortly. It was filmed there and it comes to issues of importance to the country, so I want to see the reception there .. I'm half American and lived in New York as a teenager. I enjoyed making a film about the country where I grew up and also to observe as an outsider. HB: Why is still so important in the case of Mumia after 25 years? If some people do not identify with the story of Mumia Abu-Jamal or if they feel affected by it, maybe you can r
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In this exclusive interview on the eve of the premiere, Francome discloses for the first time one of the biggest surprises of the film: it highlights the amazing photos of the scene of the crime of 9 December1981 recently discovered by German author Michael Schiffmann, and published in his new book. Never presented to the jury in 1982, these photos taken by press photographer Pedro Polakoff "strengthen the statements of Mumia's innocence and his unfair trial," the columnist for the Black Commentator David A. Love.
From the beginning of the project, had been in contact with Michael, one of the most knowledgeable people about the case. He was working on his book Race Against Death when he found a picture and realized that was not taken by the police at the scene. Somehow, Michael, an impressive researcher, met Peter, who was a press photographer at the time of the shooting on December 1981. Pedro had reached the scene within minutes and captured much of the initial chaos of the scene.
The issue of photos becomes even more important because prosecutors ignored them on purpose. Pedro said he spoke with some people from the prosecutor on the phone and told them the pictures. They are offered for use at trial, but prosecutors never responded. Obviously I knew that photos of the crime scene could have damaged his case in court and therefore are ignored. HB: Where does the movie from here? When will it be possible to see in America?
WF: I think the fact that Mumia's case is still being debated after 25 years is in itself a critical issue. To me it seems incredible that someone could keepNo isolation for a quarter century with a death sentence hanging over him all this time The starting point of this film is that this situation has existed for my entire life. Taking into account everything I've done and all my memories, it helps me put into perspective. Just think you did in 1981 and may have a similar effect. During this period, hundreds of people have been executed and there are still 3,000 people on death row in America. Despite many people's innocence was proven after the executed, despite more than 100 people have been exonerated and freed from death row because new evidence in its favor, the system of sentencing people to death U.S.remains in operation. InPrisonMyWholeLife.jpg After 25 years, both the issues of race as the cost and quality of representation [in the case of Mumia] have not been considered honest. At the same time, the issues for which the death penalty was declared unconstitutional in the 70's persist. In short, while there is death penalty in the United States, the case of Mumia and all other occupants of death row continue to be significant. People should see this movie because it expects honest answers from the justice system and wants to understand the inherent flaws in the system of capital punishment in America.