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Prison and Time | KosherSoul | Kenny: The Marxist Who Would Become Mayor — Oakland International Film Festival
Monday, September 14, 2026, 5:00 PM
M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building
Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival
Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University
Open to the Public
Tickets: $17.85 — Registration requested
Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door)
Prison and Time
Director: Evan Bode, Marvin Wade
Runtime: 00:06:49
Filmmaker Evan Bode animates excerpts of an essay by writer & activist Marvin Wade, who speaks personally about his 25 years of incarceration—and the growth he achieved in spite of, not because of, the inhumane prison system around him. This collaboration was produced by Project Mend, an organization in Central New York which celebrates the lives and creative work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people as well as other individuals impacted by the criminal legal system.
KosherSoul
Director: Ilja Sarro
Runtime: 00:13:00
KosherSoul is a documentary that follows the intense two-day creation of a ground breaking, first of its kind pop-up dinner led by culinary historian and author Michael Twitty at a Black-owned restaurant in Southern California. Bringing together a diverse team of chefs of color, this Silver Telly Award-winning short film chronicles the physical and emotional labor required to transform a non-kosher restaurant into a fully kosher kitchen while preparing a historic communal meal rooted in African American, Jewish, and diasporic culinary traditions.
Kenny: The Marxist Who Would Become Mayor
Director: Christopher Gruse
Runtime: 01:36:00
Combining rare footage and interviews with those who knew him best, Kenny charts the unbelievable rise to prominence of a radical Marxist and brilliant legal mind who took on Chrysler Motor Company, the Detroit Police Department, and power structures of the entire city before his untimely death.
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