On Saturday, October 24th, at 1pm there will be a screening of short film “Mataron A Pedro”at Holyoke Media. This screening is brought to you by: @historicanpodcast @holyoke_media @thepeoplesmic.co @soulofarevolutionary @new_era_young_lords
This is not a Decarcerate event, we just think you should go!
From the creators:
A Black Puerto Rican lawyer who dared to say one word: colony.
Un abogado negro puertorriqueño que se atrevió a decir una palabra: colonia.
En la Puerto Rico de los años 30, Pedro Albizu Campos y su esposa Laura Meneses enfrentan la huelga de los trabajadores de la caña de azúcar, la brutal maquinaria de la represión colonial, y el amor feroz que los sostiene.
In 1930s Puerto Rico, Pedro Albizu Campos and his wife Laura Meneses navigate the island-wide sugar cane workers' strike, the brutal machinery of colonial repression, and the fierce, sustaining love between two people who refused to surrender their dignity or their dream of freedom.