GENERATION E, Screened & Acclaimed at Campuses & Conferences Nationwide!!! 86 mins, Color, © 2004
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The DVD was featured at DanceSafe.org as a fundraiser during 2005 and 2006. It is no longer available, but anyone wishing to obtain a sample copy for screening can email me.
- Below are clips from the film -
Introduction - 11:42
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What is the RAVE Act? - 10:54
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History of Racism - 02:58
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What is Harm Reduction? - 07:44
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History of Youth Cultures - 03:01
On April 30, 2003, President Bush signed the R.A.V.E. Act, a federal law making it a felony to organize an event or operate any type of space where illicit drug activities would take place. The bill was originally written to punish rave and nightclub promoters who threw parties where young people took ecstasy and other "club drugs." Generation E traces the government's fight against rave and ecstasy culture during the past decade, and also examines other youth and music scenes that have had legislation passed against them throughout history.
How my childhood and adolescence inspired this project.
This is the opening scene where members of the rave and drug reform
communities discuss what the RAVE Act is and how it got passed into law.
Here old footage is mixed with new to convey the
consistent racism that has fueled U.S. drug laws.
Activists and health workers define and contextualize the philosophy
and practice of risk prevention known as harm reduction.
A series of archival footage showing the music scenes of
American teens that have been criminalized over the decades.