Documentary in Los Altos Town Crier
April 9th, 2008 Posted in Featured, Press Room
“Making The River”
The Los Altos Town Crier featured Los Altos, CA residents Jimi Simmons and Karen Rudolph and the documentary film Making the River on the cover of the April 9 issue.
MAKING THE RIVER is the story of Native American Jimi Simmons who, along with his brother George, was charged with murdering a guard in Washington State’s Walla Walla prison, in 1979. The film chronicles Jimi’s quest for civil and religious rights, justice and freedom and the people who helped him along the way, including his wife Karen Rudolph. Karen, who became Jimi’s wife in 1987, is a San Jose, CA native and feminist grassroots activist who organized Jimi’s defense committee and recruited Leonard Weinglass, a prominent social justice attorney and civil rights activist, to defend him. Weinglass is also known for having defended Angela Davis, Daniel Ellesberg and Tom Hayden, to name a few.
