View this documentary before the national premiere! 

How a small hunger strike against solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison turned into a massive statewide protest.

February 8, 2025

1:00 p.m. | Durham County Main Library auditorium | 300 N Roxboro ST

Registration preferred

Film screening followed by panel discussion.

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About the Documentary

The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a decade or more, and with little due process. In 2013, 30,000 incarcerated people went on a hunger strike that spread into a feat of unity across California prisons. The Strike follows these solitary survivors who fought to abolish indefinite isolation.

The Filmmakers

JoeBill Muñoz is an award-winning Mexican-American filmmaker. From Texas, his love for making films started as a teen, lugging around a VHS camcorder through sweltering football fields to tell the stories of kids like him with big dreams. His work helps us understand the invisible injustices behind missed opportunities.

Lucas Guilkey, born and raised in California, is an award-winning filmmaker who has spent much of his career investigating systems of power and telling stories of those on the frontlines of fighting oppression. His filmmaking is rooted in empathy and shaped by a commitment to racial justice and social movements.

Featuring

Jack Morris
Faruq Salvant
Paul Redd
Michael Saavedra
Jorge Ernesto Lira
Lorenzo “Dadisi” Benton
Michael Montgomery
Shane Bauer
Dolores Canales
Brian Parry