Policing Justice Film Series
This series of film screenings at Clinton Street Theater is part of Policing Justice, which is on view at PICA from February 23 – May 19, 2024.
Do Not Resist (2016)
Directed by: Craig Atkinson
Featuring: Richard Berk, James Comey, and Dave Grossman
US, 1 hour 12 minutes, 2016
An account of the increasing use of military weapons and tactics by local law enforcement in the United States, counterpointed with civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.
An urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, DO NOT RESIST - the directorial debut of Detropia cinematographer Craig Atkinson - offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future. The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action - from a ride-along with a South Carolina SWAT team and inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of "righteous violence" to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments - before exploring where controversial new technologies including predictive policing algorithms could lead the field next.—Katie Atkinson
Short: Conditioned Response (2017)
Directed by: Craig Atkinson and Laura Hartrick
US, 7 minutes, 2017
For the past 20 years, ex-Army Ranger and "killology" expert Dave Grossman has been traveling across the US to train police officers on his philosophy of killing. Footage from one of Grossman's seminars is juxtaposed with stark, brutal images of police brutality-including the shooting of Philando Castile by a Minnesota police officer.