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9500 Liberty

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Documentary Feature
(USA, 2009, 82 min.)
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Genre: Other Important Issues
Director(s): Eric Byler, Annabel Park
Producer(s): Chris Rigopulos

In July of 2007, Prince William County, Virginia, became "ground zero" in America's explosive battle over immigration policy when elected officials adopted a law requiring police officers to question anyone they thought was "probably" un-documented. "9500 Liberty" reveals the startling vulnerability of a local government targeted by national anti-immigration networks using the Internet to frighten and intimidate lawmakers and citizens. Alarmed by a climate of fear and racial division, residents form a resistance effort using YouTube videos and virtual town-hall meetings. The ferocious fight to adopt and then reverse the policy unfolds inside government chambers, on the streets and on the Internet. Filmmaker Bios:

Annabel Park was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to America with her family when she was 9 years old. An accomplished student as well as filmmaker, Park studied at Boston University and Oxford University, where she won The Cameron MacIntosh Award for playwriting. She was selected as a fellow for Film Independent's Filmmaker Lab in 2005.

Eric Byler was born in Los Angeles, Calif., and grew up in Northern Virginia and Hawaii. He majored in film studies at Wesleyan University. His debut feature, "Charlotte Sometimes" (2002), was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. His second feature, "Americanese" (2006), was acquired by IFC Films and won awards at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

Sunday, September 27 - 3:30 PM
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