Sunday, October 5th, 5pm Zeitgeist: 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd “Follow Me Down: Portraits of Louisiana Prison Musicians” is a feature-length documentary. Shot over the course of two years in three Louisiana Prisons. Ethnomusicologist, Ben Harbert weaves together interviews and performances of extraordinary inmate musicians-some serving life sentences, some new commits, and others soon to […]

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  Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) and Nola to Angola (NTA) are excited to host our second discussion group based on excerpts from Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Using the text as a starting point, we will explore how the prison industrial complex affects ALL our lives, across lines of race, […]

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Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) and Nola to Angola (NTA) are excited to host a discussion group based on excerpts from Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Using the text as a starting point, we will explore how the prison industrial complex affects ALL our lives, across lines of race, class, and […]

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Join Nola to Angola on August 8th as we host our second discussion group! This time we’ll be reading and discussing excerpts from “Soledad Brother” by George Jackson. We’ll be reading pages 3-33 which you can find online here: http://historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/soledadbro.html ALL are welcome, regardless of prior knowledge! This is meant to be a safe, critical, friendly discussion […]

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Nola to Angola is excited to host our second free moving screening! We will be showing “The Farm,” a documentary that follows the lives of 6 Angola prison inmates. Come join us to learn more about Angola, see the film, meet new folks, and participate in a discussion about prisons today. If you would like info […]

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