The Throwaways Film with Directors Bhawin Suchak & Ira McKinley

January 29, 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm screenings

KPFA Radio 94.1FM and International House, UC Berkeley, present:

THE THROWAWAYS
An award winning documentary film
With Bhawin Suchak (Director/Producer) & Ira McKinley (ex-felon & homeless filmmaker)

Tickets: 800-838-3006 or at independent bookstores, student discount at door, KPFA benefit

The Throwaways is a timely and provocative look at the impact of mass incarceration and police brutality on black men in America. Told through the eyes of homeless ex-felon Ira McKinley, the film documents his struggle to bring positive changes to his community in inner-city Albany, NY. As he strives to give voice to the people on the streets fighting for survival, McKinley confronts the stigma of being formerly incarcerated. More than an illumination of marginalized people in trouble, this film is a call to action, a narrative of engaging in the fight for justice.

"The Throwaways courageously explores the most pressing racial justice issue of our time: the mass incarceration and profiling of poor people of color."
-Michelle Alexander, author, The New Jim Crow

Featured on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2014/9/17/the_throwaways_new_film_spotlights_police

Film Festivals:
WINNER Best Documentary, Long Beach Indie Film
WINNER New York Hi-Light, Harlem International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION at eight other film festivals

Bhawin Suchak, Director/Producer
Sam Pollard, Executive Producer, an award-winning feature film and television video editor, and documentary producer/director whose career spans almost thirty years. He has edited several Spike Lee films (Four Little Girls, Jungle Fever, Mo Better Blues) and served as the producer for Henry Hampton's historical civil rights documentary Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crossroads.

Website:http://throwawaysmovie.com