Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can be described by one word: power.Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can be described by one word: power.Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can be described by one word: power.
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- GoofsThe documentary states that the first publicly funded Police force was created in Boston in 1838 when in fact it was created in London in 1829. It talks of Police history but it becomes immediately obvious that the program is about Policing in the USA but is on a global platform with little regard to The Rest Of The World.
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Wesley Lowery: Frederick Douglass said, 'Power concedes nothing without a demand.' And the power that is American policing hasn't conceded anything. If anything, it's doubled and tripled down on that power.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Police Film (1972)
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Watched this at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Interesting, yet it feels repetitive with the main subject it wants to explore. The topics about police corruption and abuse of power has been explored within the media for years and the documentary explores the subject with some pretty interesting insights and conversations to explain the issues and the topics. Lance Ford who created "Strong Island" was impactful and while his direction here is good, his sense of exploration and emotion feels lacking and not as strong as his previous movie.
With the movie using many archival footage, interviews and presentations, the style ends up feeling dry as it ends up feeling like the typical and basic Netflix documentary with some really odd editing choices and repetitive tone. The subject is a very serious matter which I do agree with some of the main points but I wish the documentary didn't feel as repetitive as it is.
Overall, it is a interesting story but it runs dry at the end of the day.
Interesting, yet it feels repetitive with the main subject it wants to explore. The topics about police corruption and abuse of power has been explored within the media for years and the documentary explores the subject with some pretty interesting insights and conversations to explain the issues and the topics. Lance Ford who created "Strong Island" was impactful and while his direction here is good, his sense of exploration and emotion feels lacking and not as strong as his previous movie.
With the movie using many archival footage, interviews and presentations, the style ends up feeling dry as it ends up feeling like the typical and basic Netflix documentary with some really odd editing choices and repetitive tone. The subject is a very serious matter which I do agree with some of the main points but I wish the documentary didn't feel as repetitive as it is.
Overall, it is a interesting story but it runs dry at the end of the day.
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- Jan 28, 2024
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