Killing County

I've watched it. Got to see it early. Very good, informative, and keeps you engaged.

However, before I watched, i came to see the reviews. There are many people who have rated this film before it came out. People who I'm sure did not get to see this show in advance.

& from what the reviews say, it seems that they have a ridiculously strong bias towards the police, to the point where the concept and subject of the show is what they disagree with. & considering they couldn't have watched it yet, it seems like they know about it based on Colin Kaepernick.

Basically trying to rate it low to have people stay away. Even while not watching it.

This documentary is an excellent piece of film making well directed and well put together it is thought provoking which is what a good documentary should do.

The cinematography and footage and background on the history of Bakersfield is an important part of the history and understanding of Kern county culture, founded by people from the dust bowl in search of a better life, who brought their culture with them and transplanted it to Kern county with all their fears and prejudices. These factors contributed to the present day issues facing Kern county , Law enforcement needs to be held accountable and the monies should come from their pension funds and not from taxpayers funds.

Police reform should be among the top priorities

I live in Kern county this documentary reveals The truth about Kern county where the county sheriff Donnie Youngblood said don't shot them and wound them and pay millions in medical shoot to kill them and pay the family three million dollars and the family goes away sheriff Donnie youngblood, guess how much the county pays these families , guess what three million dollars. That's all a life is worth in Kern County California, it's cheaper to shoot and kill them, than save them and pay for medical care.

The documentary is definitely thought provoking and gives an insight to the police murder capitol of America.

Disguisting!

Not really a documentary, the story correctly points out the terrible actions of some police officers but goes on to generalize negativity toward all law enforcement. It finds prejudice on every street corner and ignores the hard working people who work, raise families and pay taxes. It is more of a political viewpoint than a documentary and that is not surprising considering the production company. The cinematography is decent enough. The interviews appear disjointed and again express a point of view rather than simply put forth facts. Bakersfield scenes are well done and the town itself looks like a nice place to live. I do not recommend this show though if one is sensitive to political posturing.

This is a documentary about unintelligent people. Narration is terrible, production is terrible, whole user experience is terrible. Please raise the standards for who appears on televised productions.

ABOUT MY REVIEWS:

I do not include a synopsis of the film/show -- you can get that anywhere and that does not constitute a meaningful review -- but rather my thoughts and feelings on the film that hopefully will be informative to you in deciding whether to invest 90-180 minutes of your life on it.

My scale: 1-5 decreasing degrees of "terrible", with 5 being "mediocre" 6- OK. Generally held my interest OR had reasonable cast and/or cinematography, might watch it again 7 - Good. My default rating for a movie I liked enough to watch again, but didn't rise to the upper echelons 8- Very good. Would watch again and recommend to others 9- Outstanding. Would watch over and over; top 10% of my ratings 10 - A classic. (Less than 2% receive this rating). For Lifetime Movies for Chicks (LMFC), drop the above scale by 3 notches. A 6 is excellent and 7 almost unattainable.

This story is told with news and deposition clips juxtaposed with interviews of local media, family of decedents, law enforcement, and journalists from the guardian, and some narrative actors. There is a drastic difference between how the decedents' families are lighted made up and shot. The make up artist also used the wrong kind of false eyelashes, making most if the surviving family look like ridiculous baby doll parodies. I am no make up fanatic, but the bad makeup, very different scene and shot compositions and lighting used for victims versus professionals interviewed is overtly distracting and does a disservice to victim family members by making them look cheap, when they are the driving force of the piece.

The physical and technical aspects of this documentary detract so much from the purported subject matter, I'm not sure what the message is supposed to be. Are we patronizing the pathetic denizens of Bakersfield, platforming professional experts, doing City Confidential Bakersfield, or revealing a story? The editing cuts between media records, reenactment narration, professional and victim interviews are too quick cut and don't move the story as much as distract. As the episodes unfold all these flaws become more and more apparent. Production is too clever by half. It's a Disappointing mess. The bones of a good documentary on law enforcement-resident conflict in a historically underserved community are here.