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[PAST EVENT] Unlikely Allies: How Hip Hop Reformed the Criminal Justice System-Film Screening with Q & A 

March 27, 2025
5:30pm - 8pm
Location
Andrews Hall, Room 101
605 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
  • Open to the public
Unlikely Allies

In 2003, a low-level cannabis case resulting in 20 federal charges and a potential 105-year prison sentence would end Weldon Angelos’ promising career in the music industry. But it would also give birth to a national movement to reform our country’s criminal justice system, uniting far right conservatives like billionaire Charles Koch and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) with liberals such as Senator Corey Booker, Van Jones and musicians Alicia Keys, and Snoop Dogg.  The film Unlikely Allies, written by Anthony Pedone, Max Blecker and directed by Anthony Pedone recounts the events.  After the film screening, Anthony Pedone and Professor Mark Osler, University of St. Thomas School of Law, will be present for Q & A. 






Sponsored by: Government Department, Arts & Sciences, the Center for Liberal Arts, and the Center for Criminal Justice Policy and Reform