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SUMMARY:”The Window on Death Row” free screening
DESCRIPTION:by Carolyn Classen\, blogger \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets Available DAY OF at Box Office \n\n\n\nFRIDAY\, OCTOBER 9 AT 6:30PM\n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION\n\n\n\nTICKETS AVAILABLE DAY OF AT BOX OFFICE\n\n\n\n“Q&A to follow with: Director Linda Freund\, Kat Glenn (Jutras)\, Executive Director\, Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona and Arizonans for Effective Public Safety\, Sam Kooistra\, Capital Defense Lawyer\, Arizona Capital Representation Project \n\n\n\nWhat if a death sentence gave you a second chance at life? The story of Joaquín José Martínez\, the first Spaniard exonerated from U.S. death row\, challenges our beliefs about justice\, faith\, and forgiveness. \n\n\n\nJoaquín José Martínez\, the first Spaniard ever exonerated from U.S. death row\, was once a supporter of capital punishment until\, at 24\, he was convicted of a double murder in Florida. He spent more than five years behind bars\, three on death row. Two decades after he was exonerated\, Joaquín transforms his personal trauma into public advocacy. The Window on Death Row asks urgent questions: Is there ever an ethical reason to kill someone? Is closure possible for the victims’ families? And how do we reconcile the contradiction that facing a death sentence\, even an unjust one\, can paradoxically lead to a second chance at life? (Dir. by Linda Freund\, 2025\, Spain\, 38 mins.\, Not Rated) \n\n\n\nThis is a Community Rental by Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona and Arizonans for Effective Public Safety.” \n\n\n\n\nThe Window on Death Row
URL:https://blogforarizona.net/event/the-window-on-death-row-free-showing/
LOCATION:Loft Cinema\, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:Free screening of “The River” film
DESCRIPTION:by Carolyn Classen\, blogger \n\n\n\nTickets Available DAY OF at Box Office \n\n\n\nWEDNESDAY\, OCTOBER 14 AT 6:30PM\n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION\n\n\n\nTICKETS AVAILABLE DAY OF AT BOX OFFICE\n\n\n\n“Join us for a special screening of The River\, followed by a community Q&A with the filmmakers\, community members\, and participants featured in the film. The event will offer an opportunity to explore the urgent issues surrounding the Colorado River and hear directly from those whose lives\, communities\, and futures are connected to its waters. \n\n\n\nAfter 5 million years of existence\, the Colorado River now fights to survive. This once thriving life source to millions of people and wildlife\, is now on the brink of collapse\, as human consumption\, booming industry\, and climate change threaten to dry up its already depleted reservoirs forever. In a moment of reckoning\, an unlikely ensemble of people dependent on the River must defend their way of life against modern pressures and unjust laws\, all while coming to terms with the choices we’ve made that have led to this disaster and the uncertain future ahead. But this ancient river has always had a life of its own\, and there are still some who will stand up and give it a voice. For if the river can regenerate\, maybe so can we. \n\n\n\nFollowing the screening\, filmmakers will be joined by community members and film participants for a conversation about the film\, the Colorado River\, and the experiences and perspectives that shaped the story. The Q&A will offer an opportunity for audiences to engage directly with the people at the center of this important conversation. (Dir. by Mara Gasbarro Tasker\, 2026\, USA\, 88 mins.\, Not Rated) \n\n\n\nThis is a Community Rental by The River Impact Campaign\, LLC.” \n\n\n\n1 HR 28 MIN | NR\n\n\n\nReleased 2026
URL:https://blogforarizona.net/event/free-screening-of-the-river-film/
LOCATION:Loft Cinema\, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85716\, United States
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SUMMARY:”The Mirage” and “Ghost in the Machine” free film screenings about AI
DESCRIPTION:by Carolyn Classen\, blogger \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets Available DAY OF at Box Office \n\n\n\nSUNDAY\, OCTOBER 25 AT 2:00PM\n\n\n\nFREE ADMISSION\n\n\n\nTICKETS AVAILABLE DAY OF AT BOX OFFICE\n\n\n\n“Music Against the Machine\, an art and music fest hosted by the No Desert Data Center Coalition\, presents a community double feature in collaboration with Desert Dispatch Media and Ghost in the Machine. \n\n\n\nFrom 1pm until 2pm Meet and Greet with Desert Dispatch Media co-facilitators Jodi Darby and Melinda Matson Spina.  Connect with community members in the movement against mining\, militarization\, surveillance\, data centers\, and other harms for AI. \n\n\n\nThe screenings will begin at 2pm. \n\n\n\nThe Mirage: Inhumane Tech in the Silicon Desert (15min) by media artist Jodi Darby and composers Sage Bond and Kevin Van Winkle \n\n\n\nThe Mirage: Inhumane Tech in the Silicon Desert is an impact video to catalyze public knowledge and discussion on hyperscale threats in the North American desert region\, produced by Desert Dispatch Media with Jodi Darby\, Sage Bond\, and Kevin Van Winkle. \n\n\n\nMedia Artist Jodi Darby co-directed the 2015 award-winning documentary\, Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland\, Oregon. \n\n\n\nComposer Sage Bond is a Diné composer and vocal artist ‘in residence’ from the Four Corners region\, who has performed at Carnegie Hall and who collaborates with her partner\, composer and orchestrator Kevin Van Winkle. \n\n\n\nGHOST IN THE MACHINE (110 min)Ghost in the Machine is a gripping and urgently relevant investigative documentary that exposes the buried history of artificial intelligence\, not as a neutral system of algorithms\, but as a technology shaped by racism\, misogyny\, eugenics\, and entrenched structures of power long before it entered everyday life. Rejecting the notion of AI as inevitable or objective\, the film traces how myths of progress and efficiency have obscured deeper political and cultural agendas\, revealing the ideological foundations beneath the systems now reshaping modern society. \n\n\n\nStructured as an eight-chapter inquiry\, the film blends historical excavation with contemporary analysis to confront essential questions: who built these systems\, whose values they encode\, and who they benefit. Directed by Valerie Veatch\, whose Sundance-premiering films ME @ THE ZOO (HBO) and LOVE CHILD (HBO) examined how emerging technologies transform identity\, power\, and culture\, Ghost in the Machine employs a bold yet accessible cinematic approach that is as unsettling as it is illuminating\, offering a visceral understanding of a technology that now touches nearly every aspect of modern life. \n\n\n\nThis is not a film about machines. It is a film about power. Ghost in the Machine interrogates who builds AI\, who benefits from it\, and who bears the cost. \n\n\n\nDesert Dispatch Media is a grassroots production group\, led by women and based in the desert southwest\, tax-deductible through the Desert Advocacy Media Network; and in search of a regional director to collaborate with in producing a feature documentary on the desert regional movement against inhumane extraction\, expansion\, and deployment for AI. \n\n\n\nBuild capacity for Desert Dispatch Media productions by making a donation at thedamn.org/DDfund \n\n\n\nThis is a Community Rental presented by Ghost Doc LLC.” \n\n\n\n2 HR 0 MIN | NR\n\n\n\nReleased 2026\n\n\n\n\nThe Mirage and Ghost In The Machine Double Feature
URL:https://blogforarizona.net/event/the-mirage-and-ghost-in-the-machine-free-film-screenings-about-ai/
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