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In the United States, police have been granted extraordinary power over our individual lives. The police determine who is suspicious and who ‘fits the description.’ They define the threats and decide how to respond. They demand obedience and carry the constant threat of violence. Thousands of these interactions play out in our cities and towns every day, according to real and perceived ideas of criminality and threats to social order—as decided by the police. Police make the abstract power of the state real.
Power traces the accumulation of money, the consolidation of political power, and the nearly unrestricted bipartisan support that has created the institution of policing as we know it. The film offers a visceral and immersive journey to demonstrate how we’ve arrived at this moment in history, from the slave patrols of the 1700’s and the first publicly funded police departments of the 1800’s to the uprisings of the 1960’s and 2020’s.
Original Release
05/10/2024
US Release
05/10/2024
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Charlie Adams | Self |
Baher Azmy | Self |
Paul Butler | Self |
Julian Go | Self |
Elizabeth Hinton | Self |
Redditt Hudson | Self |
Christy Lopez | Self |
Wesley Lowery | Self |
Stuart Schrader | Self |
Micol Seigel | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charlie Adams | Self |
Baher Azmy | Self |
Paul Butler | Self |
Julian Go | Self |
Elizabeth Hinton | Self |
Redditt Hudson | Self |
Christy Lopez | Self |
Wesley Lowery | Self |
Stuart Schrader | Self |
Micol Seigel | Self |
Nikhil Pal Singh | Self |
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | Self |
George Yancy | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jon Bardin | Executive Producer |
Dan Cogan | Executive Producer |
Liz Garbus | Executive Producer |
Anya Rous | Executive Producer |
Stuart Schrader | Producer |
Yance Ford | Producer |
Ryah Aqel | Producer |
Jillian Bergman | Producer |
Colleen Cassingham | Producer |
Jess Devaney | Producer |
Wesley Harris | Producer |
Netsanet Negussie | Producer |
Jonathan Portee | Producer |
Lisa Remington | Producer |
Jot Sahi | Producer |
Sweta Vohra | Producer |