The force / a Kino Lorber release of an Open'Hood, ITVS and Ford Foundation Just Films presentation ; directed by Peter Nicks ; produced by Linda Davis, Lawrence Lerew, Peter Nicks ; written by Linda Davis, Lawrence Lerew, Peter Nicks.
"Sprawling, immediate, and complex, Peter Nicks's verite documentary moves like a pulsing, timely thriller. In 2014, after over a decade of federal monitoring for misconduct and civil rights abuses, the Oakland Police Department hires Chief Sean Whent ... in hopes of bridging a historically tense divide between its officers and the community they serve. The Force captures everything; it hovers over Oakland's evening skies and rides inside speeding police vehicles, granting viewers breathless firsthand access to some of law enforcement's most dangerous jobs. With fly-on-the-wall intimacy, we see a department trapped in transition, desperate to shed its corrupt image but also challenged by an increasingly organized and urgent Black Lives Matter movement erupting right outside its doorstep"--Container.
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