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Event Series Event Series: Storming Caesars Palace

Storming Caesars Palace

February 21 - March 31

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When Ruby Duncan faces harassment by a fraud-obsessed welfare department, she ignites “Mother Power,” mobilizing a welfare rights group to fight for justice, dignity, democratic participation, and an adequate income. When thousands of Las Vegas families are slashed from the rolls, Ruby launches “Operation Nevada” down the famed Strip. Featuring lost archival footage and a cast pivotal in these events, STORMING CAESARS PALACE reveals that it is the disenfranchised who stand up for America’s principle of justice for all. All but forgotten, this nimbly-paced documentary bears witness to how a group of dedicated and determined mothers with little education or funds organized to fight the Goliath of Nevada’s unfair and discriminatory policies and changed America’s social justice landscape forever. The embodiment of “People Power.”

AWARDS:

Shine Award – BlackStar Film Festival – August 2022.
Hazel Gurland-Pooler, first-time filmmaker

YEAR
2022
 
RUNTIME
88 minutes
 
LANGUAGE
English
 
COUNTRY
USA
 
 
DIRECTOR
Hazel Gurland-Pooler
 
SCREENWRITER
Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Sunita Prasad
 
PRODUCER
Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Nazenet Habtezghi
 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Leslie Fields-Cruz
 
CAST
Ruby Duncan, Mary Wesley, Alversa Beals, George Wiley, Frances Fox Piven, Gloria Steinem
 
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Samuel Russell, Vatsala Goel
 
EDITOR
Sunita Prasad
 
ANIMATOR
Phlea TV
 
COMPOSER
Wendell Hanes
 
SOUND DESIGN
String & Can

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February 21
End:
March 31
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