Do Not Resist

Name: Do Not Resist
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 30, 2016
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 69

2016

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| Release Date: September 30, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: 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 DocumentaryStarting 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.… Expand

Director: Craig Atkinson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 72 min

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The Playlist Andrew Crump

Oct 1, 2016

If Atkinson’s presentation is just a hair above “competent,” it does the job of exposing the corroded heart of American policing. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Sep 29, 2016

It’s a sober account of police militarization in the 21st century that, no matter one’s stance on the matter, makes a brutal statement. Read full review

Sam Fragoso

Oct 5, 2016

It’s not groundbreaking cinema, but Do Not Resist effectively begins (and furthers) this ongoing conversation about the escalating police state, racial profiling, and beyond. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Sep 29, 2016

The doc is stylistically uninspiring, with a tedious threatening sound design, but the powerful subject matter largely overcomes such missteps. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Oct 13, 2016

The parameters of homeland security are chillingly assessed in Do Not Resist, a troubling documentary examining the escalating militarization of the nation’s police forces. Read full review

Diana Clarke

Oct 5, 2016

Do Not Resist is an order to the viewer: watch. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Oct 20, 2016

Do Not Resist amounts to little more than a grab bag. Viewers looking for depth will have to find it elsewhere. Read full review

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