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1) Kings
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Millie Dunbar is a foster parent who looks after her many children in Los Angeles in 1992. After the verdict from the Rodney King Incident is revealed, the city quickly begins to descend into all-out chaos between its denizens and the police. Now, Millie must protect her children from the ensuing anarchy and erupting violence all while navigating the precarious waters of police violence and finding justice for her family." --
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Spurred by rampant allegations of police abuse in Newark, New Jersey, a city with an exceptionally high crime-rate, reporter Jelani Cobb goes on patrol with the Newark Police Department to gain first-hand understanding of what officers deal with on a daily basis. Officers discuss their point of view regarding police-civilian confrontations.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"About every two minutes a police officer uses a Taser. Sold as an effective way to subdue violent suspects without injuring them, Tasers, have revolutionized the way officers do their jobs. One company is responsible for this revolution: Taser International. The company's mission statement: 'Protect Truth. Protect Life.' In 1993, brothers Rick and Tom Smith started what would become Taser International in their parents' garage."--
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tensions are growing, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie is Sal's delivery boy. Radio Raheem has the letters of love and hate written on his hands. He is defiant and together with a motivated Buggin Out, push Sal and his sons to their breaking point. The cops intervene, using force and brutality to apprehend the large...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This is a searing, on-the-ground look inside President Duterte's bloody campaign against suspected drug dealers and users in the Philippines. On the President's Orders is based on unprecedented access to the police themselves, as well as President Duterte's own statements and speeches, and time spent with victimes--exposing a murky world where crime, drugs, poverty and polltics converge. Award-winning directors James Jones and Olivier Sarbil (Mosul)...
6) The Force
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Beginning in 2014, this film chronicles two years with the Oakland Police Department, which, in 2003, was put under federal oversight for misconduct and civil rights abuses. Relations between the department and the community are explored in the wake of nationally publicized police shootings and the advent of the Black Lives Matter Movement." --
"Sprawling, immediate, and complex, Peter Nicks's verité documentary moves like a pulsing, timely thriller....
Publisher
Newport Public Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Django unchained: Django, a former slave turned hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda, from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German bounty hunter, Dr. King Shultz.
Do the right thing: Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer. One of the most controversial and thought-provoking films ever made.
Jackie...
Series
Criterion collection ; 97
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Story of the racial tensions that surround a white-owned pizzeria in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn on the hottest day of the summer. One of the most controversial and thought-provoking films ever made. Bonus material includes commentary with Director Spike Lee and more." --
10) De-escalation
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"The documentary film shows use of excessive force by law enforcement, primarily body camera footage in the cases of George Floyd, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Laquan McDonald, Jason Harrison, and Daniel Shaver, among others. Renowned experts from various fields offer insight into prominent cases while exploring unique techniques that could be used by law enforcement to avoid excessive force." --
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