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 Documentary to focus on civil rights in Grand Rapids

 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A company in western Michigan is producing a documentary that will focus on the struggle for civil rights in Grand Rapids.
 
The documentary is based on the book “A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan” and is in the final stages of production, WXMI-TV  reported Wednesday.
It is scheduled for release in August.

“There’s so much when you’re documenting a community that hasn’t been documented,” filmmaker Victor Williams told the television station.

Williams, Jazmyne Fuentes and Rodney Brown formed film-production company Grand Stand Pictures  in 2018.

The documentary “provides a lot of insight into a lot of the games that are played here in the city for a very long time,” said Fuentes.

“There’s kind of a facade of a progressive, very open-minded community, but then there are a lot of road blocks that are thrown out at the same time,” she told WXMI-TV.

The book was authored in 2012 by Todd Robinson and studies issues around school integration and bureaucratic reforms. 

Grand Stand Pictures says the book articulates the Black experience in the city, but the documentary allows more people to understand and learn the ways in which it impacts their present lives.
The company has partnered with Robinson, interviewed residents and held community meetings.
 
 

FBA to present ‘New Lawyers Seminar’ online

 
The Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, along with the U.S. District Court will present the 46th Annual New Lawyers Seminar online via Zoom on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 25-26.
 
At the virtual “New Lawyers Seminar: Navigating Your Way in State & Federal Court,” attendees will receive practice tips and real-world advice about law, procedure and strategy from Michigan’s top lawyers and judges.

Cost for this two day webinar is $85. Registration fee includes presentation materials and a one-year local chapter membership.

New Lawyers Seminar participants will also have the opportunity to participate in a mass swearing-in ceremony held during the seminar and be admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. This opportunity will be open only to individuals who register for the New Lawyer’s Seminar. Participants must apply separately for admission to the federal court and to participate in the swearing-in ceremony. 

This is a two day event.  There is no option to register for one day only.  Information will be sent out after registration on how to register for the mass swearing-in.

To register, visit https://fbamich.org and click on “events.”


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