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  1. Visual Liberation Film Festival: 'Frame Up!' w/ Martin Sostre
    • New York, NY.
    • 7:30pm

    Frame Up! follows the story of Afro-Puerto Rican political activist Martin Sostre, who served time in Attica prison during the early 1960s. There Sostre embraced doctrines as diverse as Black Muslims, Black Nationalism, Internationalism and, finally, anarchism. Q&A with Martin Sostre after the film. The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank and Bethune) 212-242-4201.

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