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PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JUNE 17, 1977—Page 10

Film of Soledad Brothers |
@ story of struggle, hope |

BROTHERS. Written and produced by
Mildred and Edward Lewis. Directed
by Arthur Barron. Starring Bernie
Casey, Vonetta McGee and Ron
O'Neal. At local theatre.

Brothers is based on the story of
the Soledad Brothers — George
Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, John
Clutchette — and Angela Davis.

The three men were prisoners at
Soledad Penitentiary in California
when they were framed for the
murder of a guard. Their in-
volvement in the struggle for
prisoners’ rights and_ the
organization of their fellow in-
mates toward that end was not at
all incidental to the efforts of the
State of California to convict them
of the crime of which they were

ultimately acquitted.

Jackson, however, received his
exoneration posthumously. He was
gunned down by prison guards at
San Quentin, where he had been
transferred.

Davis’ efforts in behalf of the
Soledad Brothers and other in-
mates in the California prison
system, resulted in her framing,
and one of the most vicious man-
hunts in the history of the country.
She, too, was eventually acquitted
of all the bogus charges hurled at
her by state and _ federal
authorities.

Brothers, then, is their story. But

it is not their story alone, but that

of black inmates generally in the
whiterun prison system in the
United States.

In Trenton State Prison in New
Jersey, four black inmates were
severely beaten in an unprovoked
attack by guards who hoped the
beatings would spark a dis-
turbance during an annual banquet
of the Black Studies program.
Brothers is their story. Itis so the
story of those who died at Attica.
And the bottom line in Brothers is
the crying need for judicial and
penal reform.

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A scene from Brothers, starring Bernie Casey and Vonetta McGee.

Thefilm begins with the arrest of
David Thomas (George Jackson)
played by Bernie Casey. He is
charged with armed robbery
because of his presence in the
getaway car after a holdup.

Although Thomas neither par-
ticipated in nor had _ prior
knowledge of his companions’
plan, the court-appointed lawyer
convinces Thomas to plead guilty
andrely on hopes of leniency. He is
sentenced to one year to life in
prison.

Life in prison is rought, and
Thomas writes hdme to his young
brother, Joshua, about all he is
learning, both from the hardship of

imprisonment and the literature to:

which he is exposed.

Joshua is determined to effect
some sort of prison reform and
seeks the aid of a young college
instructor whose classes at a local
campus are becoming involved in
various projects in the surrounding
community.

The young woman, Paula Jones
(Angela Davis), played by Vonetta
McGee, visits the prison with a
black state senator, and meets
Thomas, who has become the

Head of CBS television
reveals CIA connection

Vivid glimpses of how the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency used
the Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS) news division in
order to gather information and
track trade union and radical
activity abroad were made
available last month in an in-
terview with the U.S. Los Angeles
Times by Richard Slanat,
president of CBS.

Although the network president
limited himself to the period of the
1950’s and 1960’s, he pointed out
that his predecessor, former news
president, Sig Mickelson, was a
CIA contact, as was the
Washington bureau chief Ted Koop
and a former correspondent,
Frank Kearns.

Salant said that he had ordered
an internal investigation after
charges of CIA connections had
been made by another former CBS
correspondent Daniel Schorr. He
hastened to add‘ that he had
severed all the links that had been
discovered. :

Among the methods used by he
CIA, according to Salant, was the
monitoring of reports issued by
CBS correspondents from posts
abroad to Washington and New
York offices. The CIA listened to
reports whether they were used on
the air or not.

In addition, CBS provided the
CIA with ‘‘out takes,’’ the unused

portions of film footage taken

abroad. Salant said that the in-
telligence agency was particularly
interested in footage of demon-
strations, rallies and other similar
activities so that it could use the

film to identify participants,.

evidently to keep track of “‘radical
suspects’’ and cooperate with
police-state agencies in other
countries.

It was also CIA practice to de-
brief correspondents returning
from assignments abroad.

Mickelson, the central figure in
the CBS-CIA connection, was
clearly of considerable value to the
agency since he now heads Radio
Free Europe and Radio Liberty,
both operated by the CIA in the
past and still under CIA guidance
although both are now financed
directly through U.S. federal
funds.

Salant’s eendid observations
about CIA operations in CBS
followed earlier testimony during
the U.S. Senate investigation
revealing a tangled skein of CIA
connections with the media.

The Senate committee report
revealed that at least 25 reporters
were being paid directly by the CIA
as recently as two years ago. They
were in addition to the scores of
others whose link with the agency
was limited to debriefing sessions
or occasional _ irformation-
gathering meetings.

_ phony jail break in which a —

cardinal criticism of the

leadér of the black inmalé
struggles “for prisoners rig!
Among their demands is ©
segregation of prison recia
facilities.

On the first day of this |
segregation, a fight breaks ©
between a black and a Wit
prisoner and a guard shoots
black. The guard is acquitted bY’
grAnd jury. The black inmates
outraged. When white gual
move in to break up the protest
the black tier, one is: pushed 0
the railing to his death. 4

The head guard, McGee, play’
by John Lehne, takes this
portunity to frame the three m®
advanced and articulate inma’
Thomas, Lewis and Robinson.
bribes two white inmates to tes!”
they saw the three throw the gu#
over the railing. Thomas, Lev.
and Robinson are brought to i

Joshua is killed. ‘when ‘he #
tempts to kidnap the judge i)
protest against the Broth
treatment in court. Paula Jo® o
has to go into hiding because
gun Joshua used in the abort vf
kidnapping was registered in q
name.

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It is clear, however, that
state’s evidence against the th
will not hold water, and M
uses another prisoner to stage

of inmates — some black, 80
white— areto beshot down as
try to escape with arms M
himself has supplied. Thom
catches on to the plot and a
guns himself so that there will yl
no excuse for the guards to OP

fire on the rest of the inmates. Hee

killed.
Brothers takes a stand on

killing of George Jackson —
first such in the mass media.
as presented in the movie, thef®
little room for doubt that
murder of Jackson and
brutalization of the yee
typical — not atypical — of the
prison system.

The love between David Tho!
and Paula Jones is not enacte
the popularly conceived roma!
sense. It is love that has grown
totally loveless atmosphere;
delicate African violet flouris
in the cold winds of the Antar¢ i
It leaves the impression that F
these two individuals could bey
victimized and still retain aff
capacity to love each other |
their common struggle, then i
is hope after all.

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But this thought brings us mi
Brothers appears to substitute (,
vitality of the human spirit for |
forceofa spirited movement. wh

we do not see in the film iS %
developing mass movement
combat the dehumanizing sys”

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