Jena, LA – In a small town in Louisiana, six families are fighting for their sons’ lives.
Two nooses are left as a warning to black students trying to integrate their playground, fights break out across town, a white man pulls a shotgun on black students, someone burns down most of the school, the DA puts six black students on trial for attempted murder,and the quiet town of Jena becomes the site of the largest civil rights demonstration in the South since the 1960s.
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Product Details:
Publisher: PM Press / Big Noise Tactical Media
Released March 2008
ISBN: 978-1-60486-011-5
UPC: 022891473794
Narrated by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Format: DVD (NTSC)
Language: English
Time: 30 minutes
Package Size: 7.5 by 5.5
Subjects: Documentary, Social Justice
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