Final Night at the SOLD-OUT CART initiated Black Power Film Festival

 

The inaugural Black Power Film Festival ended on a high note

with the showing of former All Black Norm Hewitt’s biopic,

Making Good Men which deals with themes of bullying

and sexual abuse. Immediately after the screening

Mr. Hewitt shared a heartfelt discussion with the sold-out audience.

“At this point, honesty and helping others is what my life is all about,

so as a CART trustee, I was delighted to share some hard-won life-lessons,” said Mr. Hewitt.

The festival played to a diverse audience of community leaders,

police representatives, social activists and gang leaders.

The goal was to raise community awareness of how social issues underpin

incarceration and addiction.

Making Good Men was preceded by “extras” from The House I Live In, a searing critique of American private prisons and the profit-seeking “warehousing model” that results in mass incarceration.

CART trustee and former Paremoremo chaplain, Sister Teresa Donworth

drew the attention of the audience to what she called

“the tragedy that we in New Zealand have been following the same mindless model,

and creating precisely the same problems.”

The evening finished with attendees engaging in lively discussions with

CART trustees and patched gang members over pizza and wine in the Paramount lounge.

CART co-conveners Eugene Ryder and John Wareham have been asked to repeat the event in key New Zealand cities.

  

"Vital, cogent, and impressive"—Los

Angeles Times

"Deceptively entertaining"

—Screendaily.com

Featured former drug dealer Brian O’Dea —

who is also of the bestselling memoir,

HIGH: Confessions of an International Drug Dealer—

will share the discussions via Skype.

Beautifully Bold,

Bravely Executed,

Truly Inspiring.

—Kate Rodger / TV3

Former Black Power member and national spokesman

Denis O’Reilly will attend the screening and join the discussion.

"In a Chicago Slum,

an african American man dreams

of escape.  

One of the most powerful films to grace the screen"

"one of the most powerful films to grace the screen" 

--- Hollywood Citizen News

Making Good Men

"I wanted to kill hime 

and I probably would have.

I didn't give a shit"

Two high profile Kiwis reveal their unforgettable

account of bullying and unprecedented honesty.

Start of the movie, All Black Norm Hewitt will attend the screening

and join the discussion.

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Screened every Thursday in November 2016 at the

PARAMOUNT

Wellington's #1 Arthouse Cinema