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: TalkLeft"Writ Writer" Wins Silver Gavel Award
By Jeralyn
Via Grits for Breakfast, the ABA chose the independently produced documentary "Writ Writer" for its Silver Gavel Award.
Initially broadcast by the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens on PBS in June 2008, "Writ Writer" portrays the historic conflict that emerged in the 1960s when a cadre of Texas prisoners challenged the brutal conditions in state prisons. The film focuses on inmate Fred Cruz and attorney Frances Jalet, whose collaborative efforts led to the legal battle Ruiz v. Estelle, which led to the most comprehensive court-ordered state prison reform in U.S. history and landmark litigation for the right of Texas prisoners to assist one another with lawsuits.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 10, 2009 (boomark / email).
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