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Producers’ Forum

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November 5-7, 2004 at 7 p.m.
Cinemas Of The Scattered African Diaspora
in the Union Theatre
I’ll Sing For You
By Jacques Sarasin
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Past Projects
February 28-March 2, 2004
French Film Festival
Two Films from Senegal
" Little Senegal" and "Karmen Gei"

October 24-26, 2003
Waiting for Happiness
by Abderrahmane Sissako

Bamako Sigi-Kan
Manthia Diawara

SIA, the Dream of the Python
by Dani Kouyate

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The Producers’ Forum brings independent filmmakers to Milwaukee to share their films and to interact with interested viewers.

Past producers' Forums
Two Towns of Jasper by Marco Williams and Whitney Down
" Two Towns of Jasper" is a feature-length documentary about the murder of James Byrd, Jr. on June 7, 1998, one of the most vicious racially motivated murders since the 199 lynching of Emmett Till occurred in Jasper, Texas. Byrd, and African American was chained behind a pick-up truck and dragged for three miles until his body disintegrated. Three white men from Jasper, with ties to white supremacist groups, were arrested and later convicted of the crime.

A collaborative effort between a black and white filmmaker, and filmed from January through December 1999, "Two Towns of Jasper" records the white and black residents of Jasper with two separate crews. An all white crew documented the white community, and an all black crew filmed the black community.

Producers Marco Williams and Whitney Dow bring their celebrated, provocative film to Milwaukee for a sneak preview before a January 2003 P.O.V. (PBS) broadcast. Audience members will have a chance to discuss with the filmmakers their process in exploring the Jasper tragedy, its context and its aftermath.