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Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. is the Answer

Original title: Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. Is the Answer
  • 2017
  • 1h 34m
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Walking While Black: L.O.V.E. is the Answer (2017)
WALKING WHILE BLACK: L.O.V.E. Is The Answer
A film by A.J. Ali and Errol Webber

This award-winning independent film offers a viable solution to racial profiling and excessive force by police, and is improving relations between police and black and brown communities throughout the nation. 

Beautiful and healing.  Ernie Hudson, Actor

The message is powerful beyond belief.  Keenan Miller

Incredible... Brilliant... It's a class on how to make positive change. Kevin Miles

This film is nothing less than extraordinary.  Janet Larson

Learn more about the film at www.WalkingWhileBlackTheMovie.com.
Join the movement inspired by the film at www.LOVEIsTheAnswerMovement.com.
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As minority communities face the daily stranglehold of racial profiling, and police officers face relentless scrutiny by an anxious public, tensions mount as lines are being drawn in the san... Read allAs minority communities face the daily stranglehold of racial profiling, and police officers face relentless scrutiny by an anxious public, tensions mount as lines are being drawn in the sand. This conflict can only be broken by finding common ground with each other. L.O.V.E. Is ... Read allAs minority communities face the daily stranglehold of racial profiling, and police officers face relentless scrutiny by an anxious public, tensions mount as lines are being drawn in the sand. This conflict can only be broken by finding common ground with each other. L.O.V.E. Is The Answer.

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    • A.J. Ali
  • Writer
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    • James Piper Bond
    • Derek Bowden
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    • Director
      • A.J. Ali
    • Writer
      • A.J. Ali
    • Stars
      • A.J. Ali
      • James Piper Bond
      • Derek Bowden
    • 7User reviews
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    Michael Freeman
      Chance M. Glenn Sr.
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      Jameel 'Zookie' McGee
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            10beaven2

            We can all work together again...

            Imagine a place where cops and citizens are both working towards the same goal! This is possible with AJ's vision. This documentary is just the first step in seeing how change can happen for all of us! From the challenge of working in a field where you are more likely to die by suicide than on the job, the pressure put on our first responders is unfair. Their biases are built up, without any support to address them. We need to work together to build community, grow community, and support each other in a way that is unprecedented. Take a moment and watch what the reality is for cops, black citizens, and out children. It will be eye opening for you!!
            10ssmartinc

            A phenomenal film

            From beginning to end the film challenges your thinking, calls forth your better angels and gives us hope for a better future.
            10harveysomers

            Riveting and important

            We have been living in a "zero tolerance" environment for policing since the 1990s. This impactful documentary examines the divisions that have resulted. Seen through the eyes of both community members and police officers, these divisions are clear as is the way forward: we need to meet each other, talk to each other, establish the connections that overcome the divisions. Love may be the answer, but returning to the type of community policing we gave up would also be critical.
            10chancemglenn

            The time for action is now.

            Each day, each headline, underscores the need to act. Right now, no waiting. This film begins the conversation that needs to be had in America. While it is focused on the African-American community this impacts EVERYONE. This documentary is well crafted and tells a compelling story. Unfortunately, we don't know how it will end.

            L.O.V.E. is active, it is an action. Let's move people!
            10beware-39592

            A must see!!! Educational and provocative!!!

            I am better for watching this movie! It not only reveals a problem, but provides a solution.

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              Walking While Black
              Written and performed by Dan Brown Jr.

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