Exclusive Screening - The Strike

View this documentary before the national premiere!

How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison turned into a massive statewide protest.

January 11 2025

1:00 p.m. | Durham County Main Library auditorium | 300 N Roxboro ST

Registration preferred: DurhamCountyLibrary/events

Film screening followed by panel discussion.

Event brought to you by:

Disability Rights NC

NC Central University

NC Council of Churches

Durham County Library Humanities

About the Documentary

The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement often for a decade or more and with little due process. In 2013 30000 incarcerated people went on a hunger strike that spread into a feat of unity across California prisons. The Strike follows these solitary survivors who fought to abolish indefinite isolation.

The Filmmakers

JoeBill Muñoz is an award-winning Mexican-American filmmaker. From Texas his love for making films started as a teen lugging around a VHS camcorder through sweltering football fields to tell the stories of kids like him with big dreams. His work helps us understand the invisible injustices behind missed opportunities.

Lucas Guilkey born and raised in California is an award-winning filmmaker who has spent much of his career investigating systems of power and telling stories of those on the frontlines of fighting oppression. His filmmaking is rooted in empathy and shaped by a commitment to racial justice and social movements.

Featuring

Jack Morris

Faruq Salvant

Paul Redd

Michael Saavedra

Jorge Ernesto Lira

Lorenzo “Dadisi” Benton

Michael Montgomery

Shane Bauer

Dolores Canales

Brian Parry

Host or Publisher celeste holtzmann