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Event is sold out. The film will be broadcast on WPBA channel 30 at 8:30 pm on 10/27
"Rarely do people see lawyers as a healing force in the community. But that is our real role. We have the power to restore people's faith -- and their respect for the American system."
Robert Benham, Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
"They stepped in and got me out of bondage. They stuck to me like chewing gum, and they're still sticking."
Tommy Hawkins, Legal Aid client
"Talent is like love. You can't store it; you can't save it; you can't sell it. It's only valuable if you use it."
Charlie Lester, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
THIS EVENT IS
SOLD OUT!!
Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the Watson-Brown Foundation present
ONE LAW FOR ALL
The Story of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society
by Emmy award winning filmmaker
David Hughes Duke
October 26, 2011
The Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University
Pre-show reception begins at 6:30pm
Individual Tickets: $50.00
Public Interest, Nonprofit, & Student Tickets: $25.00
Host Committee Tickets: $500.00
| Honorary Chair | Mayor Kasim Reed | |
| Honorary Host Committee Chair | Randolph W. Thrower | |
| Event Chair | Melinda Cooper Holladay |
About the Film
Filmmaker David Hughes Duke began telling the story of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society in 2002. His initial purpose was to preserve the deeply held values and vision that spurred its creation in 1924, as one of only two such organizations in the South. His interview list was a Who's Who of the legal profession in Atlanta. Several of the lawyers were of advanced age, and we believed that documenting their personal stories would be important to future generations of lawyers -- and, to the continuance of Legal Aid's vital work in metro Atlanta.
In 2010, he taped the second and final round of interviews with key supporters, staff, and clients of Legal Aid. We have approximately 60 on-camera interviews that tell the “living history” of Atlanta Legal Aid – all in first-person. Now he’s shooting the film’s visual imagery and gathering archival material: from the Mariel Cuban riots at the Atlanta Federal Pen to the famous Olmstead Case presented to the U. S. Supreme Court.
This is a story about passion and perseverance. It delves deeply into some of our society's most intractable problems. It brings them to life and gives them a human face, placing the audience in the middle of predatory lending, slum-lord housing, mental health problems, domestic abuse, and the plight of children living in poverty. This is a story of lives being changed: the lives of the clients, and the lives of the lawyers.
Join us as the amazing story of Atlanta Legal Aid is told through the memories of those who wrote it.
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Documentary Premiere Host Committee
Honorary Chairs: Mayor Kasim Reed and Randolph W. Thrower
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Weyman Johnson
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