Power

A sober, essayistic documentary that feels like a lecture on systemic power, using archival footage and interviews to build a case rather than tell a story.

Directed by

Yance Ford

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Yance Ford, Charlie Adams, Nikhil Pal Singh

Overview

Driven to maintain social order, policing in the United States has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, American policing embodies one word: power.

How it feels

Dark, tense, earnest and bleak. Measured and demanding.

About

Power, race, justice, corruption

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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