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The Dangerous Devotion to Eyewitness Testimony
The Root
Columbia law professor Patricia J. Williams blogs at the Nation about America's devotion to eyewitness testimony, despite a century's worth of studies revealing that, from Sacco and Vanzetti to Troy Davis, witnesses often get it wrong.


 
February offers a bumper crop of books from Northern California authors
San Jose Mercury News
In this dense and detailed history, retired judge Lise Pearlman, who lives in Oakland, sets the events of that year in the context of earlier highly political American trials -- including the Scottsboro Boys, the Massie affair and Sacco and Vanzetti ...


 
What's Happening at the Library in February?
Patch.com
Meet the Filmmaker: Peter Miller, A Class Apart: Wednesday, February 29, 7:00pm: This dramatic documentary by award-winning filmmakers Carlos Sandoval (Farmingville) and Peter Miller (Sacco and Vanzetti, Passin' It On), is the first major film to bring ...


 
Parente: A development and a speech
Wicked Local
Similarly, another scholar pointed to the passionate but structurally deficient sentences offered by Bartolomeo Vanzetti in defense of his friend, Nicola Sacco. ie “Not my friend, Nicola Sacco. No. Never! ” President Obama's actions, speeches, ...


 
Building A Cultural Bridge In Washington Heights
The Jewish Week
The filmmaker Peter Miller, whose documentaries, such as “Jews and Baseball” and “Sacco and Vanzetti,” have aired on PBS, has begun co-directing a documentary about the project with Renee Silverman, one of the participant's mothers.


 
Will You Watch the Dallas Opera's 'Magic Flute' At Cowboys Stadium?
D Magazine
Mr. Lata also directed the world premiere of Anton Coppola's Sacco and Vanzetti to international acclaim at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and staged New York City Opera's National Tour of La Fille du régiment. He has taught at the University of ...

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ValdarnoPost
Emigrazione, giustizia, pregiudizio e sacrificio: sul palco del Fahrenheit la ...
ValdarnoPost
“Sacco e Vanzetti, il racconto di una storia italiana” è il primo spettacolo teatrale in scena al Fahrenheit festival. A metà strada tra ricerca storica e rappresentazione scenica, nel nome della contaminazione tra le discipline che anima tutta la ...