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Films To Watch Now

As we come to the end of a historic week in our nation’s history, we stand with the enormous demonstrations of respect for black life, and the demands for police forces to be respectful of the movement. Many filmmakers over time have examined and expressively detailed the systematic oppression of black life in the U.S. from multi-faceted angles. These are 10 such films we are proud to have supported. We encourage you to watch these vital offerings.

  • I Am Not Your Negro

    — by Raoul Peck

    Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished — a radical narration about race in America, using only the writer’s original words.

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  • Do Not Resist

    — by Craig Atkinson

    Do Not Resist is an urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States.

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  • Evolution of a Criminal

    — by Darius Clark Monroe

    A bank-robber-turned-filmmaker returns home to examine how his actions affected his family and victims.

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  • The Force

    — by Peter Nicks

    A cinema vérité look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.

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  • Fruitvale Station

    — by Ryan Coogler

    The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

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  • Monsters and Men

    — by Reinaldo Marcus Green

    This interwoven narrative explores the aftermath of a police killing of a black man through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.

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  • The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

    — by Brett Story

    A film about the prison from the places we least expect to find it.

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  • Sorry to Bother You

    — by Boots Riley

    In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a macabre universe.

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  • Strong Island

    — by Yance Ford

    A documentary about the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother nearly 20 years ago, and how the collision of silence, fear and the judiciary allowed his killer to go free.

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  • Whose Streets

    — by Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis

    The story of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it.

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