Protests against police brutality have erupted across the country following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police
by Ron Stallworth. The movie follows his story as the first African American detective in the Colorado Springs police department as he sets out to infiltrate and expose a local chapter of the KKK.Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riots, Kathryn Bigelow’s 2017 period drama recreates the real-life Algiers Motel incident in which Michigan law enforcement used excessive and deadly force on innocent motel guests — a group of two white women and 7 black men — after mistaking a starter pistol for a sniper.
The movie takes place on the second day of rioting and shows how high racial tensions in the city contributed to the disturbing and inhumane action of the officers.Midsommar star Will Poulter playing the cop leading the violence. The movie poignantly recounts how each person involved was forever haunted by the trauma of the incident.is an Oscar-winning film fromdirector Barry Jenkins. The film, based on a 1974 James Baldwin novel of the same name, stars Kiki Layne as Tish, a woman who is expecting a baby with her boyfriend Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt when he is wrongfully arrested. Their love story is chronicled as Tish fights the justice system to get her innocent boyfriend out of prison.This 1992 biopic, directed and co-written by Spike Lee, follows the life and assassination of black activist leader Malcolm X. Denzel Washington provides a stunning performance in the titular role, depicting Malcolm X's activist career, incarceration, conversion to Islam and much more. Throughout, his childhood experiences with racism are shown through vivid flashbacks.was entirely shot on the street in Brooklyn where it was set, Stuyvesant Avenue between Lexington and Quincy. The 1989 film explores a single summer day in the local neighborhood. Throughout the day, racial tensions rise and culminate in tragedy.director Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, specifically focusing on the disproportionate mass incarceration of Black Americans.
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