everymother'sson
UNITED BY A COMMON TRAGEDY
“EVERY MOTHER’S SON: Women Speak Out Against Police Violence”
NATIONAL SPEAKERS TOUR
In the late 1990s, three victims of police brutality made headlines around the country: Amadou Diallo, the young West African man whose killing in a hail of 41 bullets sparked intense protest; Anthony Baez, killed in an illegal choke-hold; and Gary (Gidone) Busch, a Hasidic Jew shot to death outside his Brooklyn home. The award-winning film EVERY MOTHER’S SON profiles three New York mothers who find themselves united to seek justice after their sons are unjustly killed by police. The victims’ stories are tragic, and the courage shown by their mothers heroic. As one witness says, 'As long as there's a mother, we'll continue to fight.'
Winner of the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and a Cine Gold Eagle, EVERY MOTHER’S SON sparks passionate debate about civil rights, cultural difference, the criminal justice system, activism and the practice and potential power of documentary filmmaking. An appearance by the mothers featured in the film, or by filmmakers Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson, turns a screening of this powerful documentary into an unforgettable event.
Award-wining filmmakers Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson are dynamic speakers about the issues in their films and about the power and practice of independent media. Their works, which include Out At Work: Lesbians and Gay Men on the Job, Juggling Gender and Making a Killing: Philip Morris, Kraft and Global Tobacco Addiction, have been seen on HBO, PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival.
Every Mother’s Son: Women Speak Out Against Police Violence is a perfect event for the entire campus community, for women’s history month, for family weekend, homecoming, and to build stronger coalitions amongst Jewish, African, African-American, Latino/a, women, and LGBTQ students.
I was never a part of anything, except raising my kids, and my church activity and my job. I don’t remember raising my voice to nobody, contradicting anybody. I was forced into it by Officer Livoti, he made me become part of this movement by murdering my son. Iris Baez, Mother of Anthony Baez
You can’t let this go, because if it happened to my son, it could happen to anybody’s son. If there’s no accountability, it’s going to happen again.
Doris Busch Boskey, Mother of Gary (Gidone)
The only reason the four officers approached my son, Amadou, that night is because he’s Black, the color of his skin. Had Amadou been white, the officers would never have stopped him.
Kadiatou Diallo, Mother of Amadou Diallo
"Powerful, heartbreaking, and ultimately transforming … portrays victims as real people and makes it impossible to remain indifferent about police misconduct.
"EVERY MOTHER’S SON brilliantly illustrates the capacity human beings have to overcome our pain by bearing witness, by finding the power to speak out against police violence and misconduct … a masterpiece of contemporary documentary filmmaking.
" directors Anderson and Gold humanize the consequences of a flawed system ...