FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NOVEMBER 3 Contact Kimberli Diaz, Larry Everest 646.709.1961, press@riseupoctober.org Carl Dix, co-initiator and lead organ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NOVEMBER 3
Contact Kimberli Diaz, Larry Everest
646.709.1961, press@riseupoctober.org
Carl Dix, co-initiator and lead organizer of Rise Up October, available for interviews
Quentin Tarantino: Escalating Attacks, Growing Support
More vocal support is being expressed for Quentin Tarantino in opposition to unsubstantiated rumors of apologies, and escalating attacks by police unions (now reportedly joined by the Border Patrol Agents) and right-wing media.
When Jamie Foxx took the stage at Sunday’s Hollywood Film Awards to present an award to the ensemble for Tarantino's new film Hateful Eight, he told Tarantino to "Keep telling the truth, keep speaking the truth and don't worry about none of the haters." He was referring to Tarantino’s comments against murder by police during Rise Up October to Stop Police Terror, three days of resistance, bringing together diverse voices with the message: Police Terror Must Stop - Which Side Are You On?
Musician Tom Morello:(@tmorello):
"Proud of Quentin Tarantino 4standing w/police brutality opponents. Bullying by FOP to silence the truth is typical. Would Django apologize?!"
Peter Biskind, cultural critic, film historian, journalist
"Good for Quentin Tarantino for joining the RiseUpOctober demo and incurring the wrath of the rabid police unions."
Carl Dix, co-initiator of Rise Up October, representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party
"Video after video has shown unarmed Black, Latino, and Native Americans being tazed, stomped, brutalized, and shot in the back by police and almost never are the police even indicted. What kind of society allows this? What does it say when those who raise their voices against this are the ones who come under attack? We must not allow the intimidation or silencing of those who use their influence to shine a light on the epidemic of police terror. Artists need to be able to express themselves on progressive causes without fear of retribution and attack. We will have Tarantino's back!"
Tweets in support of Quentin Tarantino:
Radio Host Roland Martin:
Cops are upset that someone with #QuentinTarantino's stature would stand w/those of us against police abuse. @Carl_Dix on #RolandMartinShow
Director of Cocaine Cowboys Billy Corben:
"Tarantino didn't call all cops murderers. He said: if you murder, you're a murderer. Regardless of your occupation."
Author Joyce Carol Oates:
"It should not require unusual courage to protest police brutality as Quentin Tarantino has done but, evidently, it does."
Carl Dix - Available for Interviews, along with families who have issued statements in support of Tarantino.
Click here for 35 statements in support of Quentin Tarantino including from 22 family members whose loved ones lives were stolen by police violence, and from Carl Dix, Cornel West, Peter Coyote, Bill Ayers, filmmaker Charles Burnett, The National Coalition against Censorship, First Amendment attorney Martin Garbus, and others.
