The Strike
- Audio description in-person & online
- Closed captions online
- Open captions in-person
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Screenings
The Strike is a feature documentary that tells the story of a generation of California men who endured decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launched the largest hunger strike in U.S. history.
Thank you to our screening partner: Black Lives Matter Philly and Free Library of Philadelphia
Directors Spotlight
![A picture of a man named Joebill Munoz standing in front of a plain, bright yellow background. He has dark, curly hair, a mustache, and a short, trimmed beard. He is wearing a black, button-up shirt, and is gazing directly at the camera with a neutral expression.](https://wp.blackstarfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FeatureDocumentary_TheStrike__munoz_joebill-scaled-e1719976940364-278x278.jpeg)
JoeBill Muñoz
Director
JoeBill Muñoz is a Mexican-American director and producer, currently working on his debut feature, The Strike. He has directed short films for Independent Lens (Maletero and Evidence Lost) and NBC (Follow the Sun), and produced feature films and television series, including The Grab (TIFF 2022), The Circus (Showtime), The New York Times Presents (Hulu) and an upcoming series with Left/Right Media and HBO. His work has been supported through fellowships from the Sundance Institute, New America, Firelight Media, SFFILM and Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Originally from Texas, he resides in New York City.
![A picture of a man named Lucas Guilkey outdoors. He has light skin, short brown hair styled neatly, and a short beard. He is wearing black rectangular glasses and a button-up shirt in a grayish-blue color. His expression is neutral, with a slight, calm smile, and his eyes looking directly into the camera. The background is blurred but shows a garden with green foliage and purple flowers.](https://wp.blackstarfest.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FeatureDocumentary_TheStrike__lucas_guilkey-e1719977094379-278x278.jpeg)
Lucas Guilkey
Director
Lucas Guilkey (Director/Producer) is an award-winning documentary film producer and journalist based in Oakland, California. He is currently directing and producing a feature documentary about solitary confinement in California prisons, developed in the SFFILM FilmHouse residency and the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program. He recently served as story producer on AFTERSHOCK, a feature documentary about the US maternal health crisis that premiered at Sundance in 2022 and is streaming on Hulu/Disney+. His directorial debut, WHAT HAPPENED TO DUJUAN ARMSTRONG?, a short documentary about the coverup of a young man’s death in county jail, won best documentary at the BAFTA student film awards and was nominated for best documentary short at the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA). He is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Wesleyan University.
- Runtime 86 minutes
- Country United States
- Language English
- Director JoeBill Muñoz & Lucas Guilkey
- Cast Jack Morris, Faruq Salvant, Paul Redd, Michael Saavedra, Jorge Ernesto Lira, Lorenzo “Dadisi” Benton, Michael Montgomery, Shane Bauer, Dolores Canales, Brian Parry
- Cinematographer Victor Tadashi Suárez
- Producer JoeBill Muñoz & Lucas Guilkey
- Screenwriter JoeBill Muñoz & Lucas Guilkey
- Editor Daniela I. Quiroz
- Executive Producer David Menschel, Robina Riccitello
- Music Chris Pattishall, Samora Pinderhughes
- Premiere Philadelphia