Honoring Marcia Powell: Screening of No Human Involved (with Q and A)

608 Sullivan Street,Miami AZ 85539

22 May, 2021

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Join PJ Starr and friends for a screening of the film and discussion. This event honors the anniversary of Marcia Powell's passing. On the anniversary of Marcia Powell's death, PJ Starr returns to Arizona to spend time with prison abolitionists and people affected by incarceration. Join us at 7 pm in Miami Memorial Park (608 Sullivan St, Miami, AZ) for a screening of No Human Involved hosted by the film's director PJ Starr with a panel discussion after the screening with film participants and representatives of organizations working for rights. Entrance to the event is free but donations will be accepted. Funds raised will be in benefit of the women in prisons, for the panelists and towards the next documentary. More about the film: In 2009 after she was sentenced to more than two years of imprisonment for solicitation of prostitution, Marcia Powell was locked in a metal cage in the sun at an Arizona prison. Hours later she collapsed in the over 107 degree heat and by day's end she was dead. Even though an internal investigation carried out by the Arizona Department of Corrections revealed that prison guards had denied her water and ridiculed her when she pleaded for help, no one was held accountable. The story of how Marcia came to be incarcerated and the circumstances of her death reveal the impact that inhumane prison conditions are having on a wide range communities of sex workers—including the homeless, young people, transgender people and immigrants—across the United States. The documentary NO HUMAN INVOLVED chronicles how a movement formed around this case, seeking justice in her name.