SUS: THE MOVIE – Thurday, Sept 2, 7pm at ICE Theaters
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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
7:00pm
General Admission: $5.00
ICE Theaters Chatham 14
210 West 87th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60620
773-892-3204 • icetheaters.com
“Highly-charged, socially conscious drama like this is not just welcome but necessary. SUS has powerful and important things to tell us about how we live – and how we ought to live.”
– New York Times
“It was writers like Barrie Keefe that opened up the world for me. For the first time there was a purpose in this goddamn work other than just strutting around and spouting.”
– Daniel Day Lewis
SUS – UK, 2010, 91 min
Directed by Robert Heath.
With Ralph Brown, Clint Dyer, Anjela Lauren Smith.
1979: Election Night – A police interview room. Delroy’s pregnant wife has been found dead in a pool of blood and he is brought in as the chief suspect. He is interrogated by D.S. Karn, a witty, psychotic racist and his violent sidekick D.C. Wilby. Both high on the prospect of a Conservative landslide victory they try to lure him into a quick confession. Callous humiliation gives way to a barrage of sinister violence, leading to a devastating conclusion.
WHAT IS SUS?
In Britain, the Sus law was the informal name for a stop-and-search law that permitted a police officer to act on suspicion, or ‘sus’, alone. It was based upon Sections 4 and 6 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 which made it “illegal for a suspected person or reputed thief to frequent or loiter in a public place with intent to commit an arrestable offence” and effectively permitted the police to stop and search and even arrest anyone they chose, purely on the basis of suspicion as a crime-prevention tactic. The law caused much discontent among certain sections of the population, particularly black and ethnic minority communities, against whom the police use of the law was particularly targeted. The sus law was abolished following race riots in St Pauls, Bristol, in 1980, and in Brixton, London, and Toxteth, Liverpool, in 1981, because it’s alleged abuse was believed to be a contributory factor to these events.
Black World Cinema, a showcase of seldom seen classic features and new films from around the world. Black World Cinema presents films by filmmakers that bring us story with compelling content and a human dimension seldom presented in mainstream cinema.
All screenings are followed by lively discussions moderated by program director Floyd Webb or local schalars, screenwriters and directors.
Screenings occur the first Thursday of every month at
ICE Theaters Chatham 14
210 87th Street
Chicago, IL