Mayworks Festival: The Strike (2024) Screening + Discussion

In 2013, 30, 000 incarcerated people went on a hunger strike that spread into a feat of unity across California prisons. Followed by panel.
English language, 86 minutes
Doors open at 6: 30PM
The high-security Pelican Bay prison was designed for mass-scale solitary confinement, often for a decade or more, and with little due process. In 2013, 30, 000 incarcerated people went on a hunger strike that spread into a feat of unity across California prisons. The Strike follows these solitary survivors who fought to abolish indefinite isolation. Followed by moderated discussion providing Canadian context in regard to prison conditions, prison labour, hunger strikes, and other forms of prison resistance.
Panelists:
Jordan House (Labour Studies, Brock University)
Nala Ismacil (Barton Prisoner Solidarity Network)
Moderated by Furqan Mohamed
Accessibility: Innis College is accessible on the main floor, including the Town Hall. There are four dedicated spaces for assistive mobility devices at the rear of Town Hall, and the theatre has power-assisted doors for full access. Assistive-listening devices are also available. An accessible gender-neutral washroom is located on the third floor of the east wing.
Mayworks Festival of Working People & the Arts annually presents new works by a diverse range of artists, who are both workers and activists. We prioritize the participation of artists and audiences from communities facing systemic discrimination. Our programming offers bold, insightful, responses to pressing issues at the intersection of art, social justice and labour. We are actively engaged in a social dialogue that challenges the logics of capitalism, and seeks to reimagine and represent a just future.