The State of Texas vs Melissa (2020) with NPEP & UPEP: Block Museum - Northwestern University
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The State of Texas vs Melissa (2020) with NPEP & UPEP

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Image credit: "The State of Texas vs Melissa" (2020) courtesy of FilmRise
Cinema
April
8
6 PM

Event Details

Date & Time:

Fri April 8, 2022
6 PM

Location:

The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

Audience:

Open to the public

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THE STATE OF TEXAS VS MELISSA
(Sabrina van Tassel, 2020, 98 min, DCP)

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As the first woman of Hispanic descent in Texas to be sentenced to death row, Melissa Lucio faces an execution date of fewer than thirty days. Her story, captured by Sabrina van Tassel in the award-winning documentary, The State of Texas vs. Melissa, is a heart-wrenching and urgent example of justice rendered incorrectly. The film appears courtesy of FilmRise.

Join us for a screening, introduced by Jennifer Lackey (Director of the Northwestern Prison Education Program), followed by a Zoom conversation with a member of Lucio's family to learn more about Lucio's case and support ways to prevent the state of Texas from executing an innocent woman.

Presented with the Prison Education Program and Undergraduate Prison Education Partnership at Northwestern University. The film appears courtesy of FilmRise.

FREE & OPEN TO ALL

Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu