WHAT THESE WALLS WON'T HOLD: A Documentary by Adamu Chan - Film Screening and Q&A at Santa Cruz MAH

Saturday May 6, 2023

2:00 – 3:30PM

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History

705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Thank you to all who joined us on May 6th for a film screening and Q&A with the filmmaker Adamu Chan & Co-Producer Lonnie Morris at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

Set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic at San Quentin State Prison, WHAT THESE WALLS WON’T HOLD, chronicles the organizing and relationships of people who came together beyond the separations created by incarceration, to respond to this crisis. Filmmaker Adamu Chan, who was incarcerated at San Quentin during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, documents his path through incarceration and beyond.

The film is a meditation on how relationships built on trust, shared liberatory struggle, and connections across broader abolitionist organizing work can unfold into sites of resistance and radical change

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Event Details

Film Screening

Runtime: 42 Minutes Panel Discussion: 30 Minutes

Following the screening, Adamu and Lonnie explored how films can help us imagine a future without prisons and the collaborative efforts needed to amplify prison abolition. The audience were able to ask questions both during the discussion and in 1 on 1 conversations after the event.