2) Max Cleland discusses Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove at the Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.
In recognition of his tireless efforts on behalf of Atlanta’s children, filmmaker Libby Spears has dedicated her latest documentary Playground to the memory of the late Fulton County Judge, Sanford “Sunny” Jones. The film premieres as part of a memorial benefit hosted by the Juvenile Justice Fund honoring Jones on Tuesday, October 20th at the Woodruff Arts Center. The event benefits the Center to End Adolescent Sexual Exploitation (CEASE) and Angela’s House, an organization that provides home care services to households with medically fragile children. Jones, who served as Fulton County Juvenile Court judge was killed in small plane crash in Alabama earlier this year.
Playground sheds light on child sex trafficking taking place in the United States. The film profiles former victims and provides a candid look at the legal and social systems that fails to adequately respond to the crisis. Playground was produced by actor/director George Clooney, writer/actor Grant Heslov and director Steven Soderbergh, the team behind the Oscar-nominated film Good Night and Good Luck.
Judge Jones helped to create the Juvenile Justice Fund in Atlanta in 2001. The fund provides constructive alternatives to youth detention and programs to reduce the number of children returning to unsafe, abusive and destructive homes.
Memorial Benefit for Judge Sanford Jones. Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – 6:00pm. Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall. 1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309. General admission $25, premiere and VIP pre-reception $125. Tickets can be purchased online at www.woodruffcentertickets.org or by phone, 404-733-5000.
2) Lane Montgomery discusses Never Again, Again, Again..: Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur at Jimmy Carter Library & Museum.
4) Political activist Ann Wright marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan with a discussion of her book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience–Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq.
1) Theaters across town screen a high-def version of The Wizard of Oz to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
2) Peter Moruzzi discusses Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground at Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse.
3) Come Fly With Me opens at Alliance Theatre with a red-carpet reception.
4) Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Amnesty International and the Campaign to End the Death Penalty present Teach In for Troy Davis at Georgia State University.