Sorry for the lack of posts but I've been real busy covering the Connecticut Film Festival, which is currently underway in the downtown section of Danbury (and if you're not doing anything, I highly recommend that you attend at least one event at the festival).
Last night, I attended the world premier screening of 10 Mountains 10 years, a documentary that chronicles Enzo Simone and his team of mountain climbers. Covering seven countries within a decade, Simone's group conquered ten of the largest peaks in the world to raise money and bring attention to Parkinson's Disease.
Focusing on Mt. Kilimanjaro, the film tracks the greatest advances happening in the medical community alongside the team's endurance at altitude. Over 92 million people worldwide have a family member battling Alzheimer's or Parkinson's Disease. This is a story of hope and of common everyday people coming together to change this world and leave something better behind. A collaboration with the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation and the Focus On a Cure Foundation for Parkinson's, proceeds from the movie go towards medical research and caregiver programs.
After the screening of the film, the cast and crew took questions from the audience as well as hung around and mingled with the attendees at the fundraiser reception for the United Way of Western Connecticut.
For those who were unable to attend, here's video footage from last night's event. Make sure and pay a visit to the film's group page on Facebook.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
Last night, I attended the world premier screening of 10 Mountains 10 years, a documentary that chronicles Enzo Simone and his team of mountain climbers. Covering seven countries within a decade, Simone's group conquered ten of the largest peaks in the world to raise money and bring attention to Parkinson's Disease.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
