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FILM SYNOPSIS:
THE THROWAWAYS tells the story of homeless filmmaker and activist Ira McKinley, documenting his quest to shed light on the struggle of people living on the margins of society and to challenge a system that oppresses them. McKinley aims to pull the curtain back for viewers and expose how the current economic crisis is having…
For More Info and to support the film:
www.throwawaysmovie.com
https://www.facebook.com/throwawaysmovie
FILM SYNOPSIS:
THE THROWAWAYS tells the story of homeless filmmaker and activist Ira McKinley, documenting his quest to shed light on the struggle of people living on the margins of society and to challenge a system that oppresses them. McKinley aims to pull the curtain back for viewers and expose how the current economic crisis is having…
March4Justice: Hoodies in the Hood. On Saturday March 24th hundreds of people marched through the streets of Albany, NY to demand justice in the case of Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old teenager shot dead in Sanford, FL, and to demand an end to racial profiling in communities of color across the country. We showed our power and our strength as a community and that we will not be quiet in the face of the injustices that are happening all around us…
READY: Re-Educating Albany's Dying Youth seeks to bring UNITY to the urban community of Albany, NY and fight for equality and justice. On February 11, 2012, READY youth leaders led a march from the Armory on Washington Ave. through the streets to the site of the fatal police shooting of 19 year-old Nah-Cream Moore. READY for peace! READY for change!
filmed & edited by Bhawin Suchak
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On December 22nd the Occupy Albany encampment at Academy Park was forcibly removed by The City of Albany. This short documentary follows the days events as they unfolded from afternoon to evening as the protestors defended the information tent and marched around the city and then were pepper sprayed by police upon returning to Academy Park.
filmed & edited by Bhawin Suchak
music: "Yell Fire" by Michael Franti
youtube version: http://youtu.be/J2PtAQcoNm8
for…
On the 3 month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, hundreds of people gathered at Duarte Square and celebrated with music, chanting, climbing fences and marching through the streets. As night fell a spontaneous drum and dance party broke out bringing everybody's energy together. In only 3 months the #occupy movement has made voices heard and stood up to fight against the rule of corporate crooks and our broken political system. This is only the…
The Occupy Albany Vacant Homes Committee recently spent an afternoon walking through some of the most decimated communities in Albany, NY speaking to neighbors and organizing. Taking the #occupy movement into the next phase, the group led by Ira and Sandra McKinley walked through Arbor Hill and the South End connecting with some of the people most affected by the current system of economic and social injustice. This short piece is part of a larger…
Wise words for our current times from 96 year-old Detroit based radical activist Grace Lee Boggs, whose seven decades of political involvement encompass the major U.S. social movements of the past hundred years. Grace was involved in extensive Civil Rights and Black Power Movement activism in Detroit in partnership with husband and black autoworker, James Boggs (1919-93) and together they founded the Boggs Center to nurture and devolop community…
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Awoken by glaring floodlights, and boots of over 1,000 riot police, #Occupywallstreet was evicted from Zuccotti Park during the early hours of Tuesday, November 15, 2011.
More than 200 protesters were arrested and as the sun rose, the real test for the #occupy movement began.
YOUTUBE: http://youtu.be/4N61k01EksM
This channel is place to watch short films by the producers and directors of The Throwaways, a feature length documentary that takes a personal look at the issues of social and economic justice in America today. The Throwaways is co-directed by Bhawin Suchak & Ira Mckinley with help from assistant producers Adele Pham & Messiah Rhodes. Many of these shorts focus on documenting the occupy wall street movement and its protest
This channel is place to watch short films by the producers and directors of The Throwaways, a feature length documentary that takes a personal look at the issues of social and economic justice in America today. The Throwaways is co-directed by Bhawin Suchak & Ira Mckinley with help from assistant producers Adele Pham & Messiah Rhodes. Many of these shorts focus on documenting the occupy wall street movement and its protest against the corruption of wall street, corporate america and our broken political system.
This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing. Ira McKinley + Bhawin Suchak, the dream team, for real. Beautiful work you guys. I am so humbled, so proud to know you both!
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