"Activist Tuesday" Community Screening | The Animal People (2019)

What:
The Animal People Screening

When:
Tuesday, April 29th
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Introduction to film at 7 PM
Screening begins right after
Film Runtime: 97 minutes
Zoom Q&A afterwards: 08:45 PM
Doors Close at: 9:30 PM

Where:
Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center
525 Kumquat Ct.
Sarasota, FL 34236

This is a donation-based event. There is no admission fee nor cover charge.

Executive Producer:

• Joaquin Phoenix

Presenting Host:

• Paul Murphy, Founder of the Sarasota Vegan Society
  

Q&A Panel of Speakers
Director: Denis Henry Hennelly
Co-Director: Casey Suchan
SHAC Activists: (Stop Huntington Animal Cruelty)

• Jake Conroy
• Josh Harper

Trailer:

A chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.

Fifteen years in the making, this feature documentary - Executive Produced by Joaquin Phoenix - follows the journey of six young Americans who find themselves targeted as terrorists by the US government for their involvement in a controversial protest campaign.
Seeing the future of social movement organizing, the activists used the then fledgling internet to dramatically magnify their impact as they systematically knocked out the pillars of financial support that kept the company in business. But when letter writing and protests began to mushroom into dead-of-night vandalism and worse by unknown activists, this corporation and the government formed an alliance to destroy the group.

The FBI began an unprecedented campaign of surveillance in preparation for prosecution, creating a model that would later be used against Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter. Congress, under corporate influence, rewrote laws and bent the definition of incitement in order to accomplish the prosecution of these six, potentially weakening free speech rights for all Americans.

Featuring expansive interviews with the activists spanning over a decade, rare archival footage - including never-before-seen FBI undercover surveillance tapes, wiretaps and government documents, The Animal People is a chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.

Host or Publisher Sarasota Vegan Society