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WHOSE STREETS? — Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis Interview

August 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment

WHOSE STREETS? — Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis Interview

When I spoke with Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis on April 14, 2017, a certain soft drink commercial featuring a certain member of a family famous for being famous had just been pulled for being offensive.  It’s emblematic of the culture that WHOSE STREETS?, their searing documentary about the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting… Read More »

Tagged With: barber shop, chemical warfare, Civil Rights Movement, Damon Davis, documentary, education, fake news, Ferguson, Martin Luther King, Michael Brown, modern blackface, Muhammed Ali, police militarization, race relations, Sabaah Folayan, Shooting

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO — Raoul Peck Interview

December 9, 2016 By Leave a Comment

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO — Raoul Peck Interview

As we were settling down to talk, Raoul Peck asked me about the name of my web site, KillerMovieReviews.com. When I told him it was a nod to the fact that I take no prisoners when it comes to bad movies, he laughed and said that was exactly the resolve with which he went into… Read More »

Tagged With: Black Panthers, Civil Rights Movement, Ferguson, Gloria Karefa-Smart, James Baldwin, John Wayne, Jr., Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medger Evers, NAACP, race relations, racism, Remember This House

DO NOT RESIST — Craig Atkinson Interview

October 25, 2016 By Leave a Comment

DO NOT RESIST — Craig Atkinson Interview

Ferguson, the militarization of the police, and covert surveillance all happened at about the same time, and Craig Atkinson suspected that there was a connection. His startling and disquieting documentary, DO NOT RESIST, is the result of his investigation. When I spoke to him on October 21, 2016, we covered all three topics, starting with… Read More »

Tagged With: camera surveillance, Capt. Ron Johnson, COMSTAT data, culture of violence, Daniel Rigmaiden, Dave Grossman, de-escalation techniques, desensitization, drones, drug raids, Ferguson, invasive technology, kill ratio, Militarization, MRAPs, overkill, Philando Castile shooting, police, predictive algorithm, Pulse Nightclub Shooting, shoot-to-kill, STINGRAY surveillance, SWAT teams, Walter Scott shooting, war on terror

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

February 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

One of Marc Silver’s primary reasons for making 3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS, was to humanize a statistic. In this case, a young black man, Jordan Davis, killed in an altercation over loud music. The case became notorious because of that reason, providing a catchy hook to media coverage, not because of the tragic loss of… Read More »

Tagged With: criminal justice system, Donald Rumsfeld, Ferguson, Florida, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun laws, Jacksonville, Jordan Davis, known unknowns, loud music murder, Marc Silver, media, Michael Dunn, racial profiling, Shooting, stand your ground, thug music, trayvon martin, trial footage, unknown unknowns

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