First Major NYC Screening of "Her Fight, His Name" Documentary about Eric Garner's Mother, Gwen Carr

The Center at West Park will host the first major New York City screening of “Her Fight, His Name,” a documentary about Gwen Carr, the mother of Staten Island resident Eric Garner, who was killed by the NYPD in 2014, and whose death sparked a national outcry for police reform. The film chronicles how Ms. Carr channelled her grief into a yearslong fight for justice and unite with other “Mothers of the Movement” who have lost family members to police violence.

The event will also include a talkback featuring: Director Brad Bailey, Gwen Carr, Lumumba Aiknwole-Bandele, Executive Director of Communities United for Police Reform, Monifa Bandele, Director of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and Rev. Kirsten John Foy, Founder of The Arc of Justice.