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    This L.A. activist went to jail. Now she runs a film fest that puts justice on trial

    by Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times Sep 18, 2020 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - In Susan Burton's living room in Compton, there hangs a piece of art: a picture of a little Black girl with watery eyes in a tattered white dress. She holds a Bible, and verses from it rain down around her.

    "I think art has the ability to depict information and imagination, to show beauty, and to show the history of the nation and the world," Burton says. "It's an expression."

    The activist and author relates to art differently now that she has seen "Aggie," one of the five films featured at this month's Justice on Trial Film Festival. The annual event is run by A New Way of Life Reentry Project, a Watts-based nonprofit that helps women rebuild their lives after prison. Burton oversees the organization as its founder and president.

    "Aggie" tells the story of Agnes "Aggie" Gund,

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