{"id":14759,"date":"2016-11-21T17:28:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14759"},"modified":"2016-11-21T17:47:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:47:13","slug":"film-do-not-resist-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=14759","title":{"rendered":"Film: Do Not Resist (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DoNotResist_poster\"Film<\/strong>:\u00a0Excellent<\/p>\n

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Label:\u00a0<\/strong> \u00a0n\/a<\/p>\n

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Released:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0n\/a<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Documentary<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0Unsettling examination of local police departments accepting federal government grants to purchase army surplus vehicles, leading to a gradual militarization of local law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Special Features:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0n\/a<\/span><\/p>\n

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After serving as cinematographer and co-producer on several documentaries (including 2012\u2019s festival hit Detropia<\/a><\/strong>), Craig Atkinson\u2019s directorial debut comes with a bang as the chance positioning with a camera crew in Ferguson, MI, resulted in capturing footage of the street protests and police crackdown, the latter involving the use of heavy decommissioned army surplus vehicles.<\/p>\n

According to Atkinson\u2019s meticulous research, the overwhelming use of industrial force isn\u2019t a rarity, and he traces the stages in which an excess of barely-used military gear are granted to local police departments, and coupled with S.W.A.T., they\u2019ve created an overuse of might and become a replacement for street-level, community-based policing. The extra quirk of involving S.W.A.T. teams includes an unexpected revenue stream which transforms costly search and arrest mandates into a for-profit mechanism that enables both federal and local government to seize purported crime assets.<\/p>\n

Amid interviews, ride-a-longs with S.W.A.T. teams in small towns, training sessions, conferences, lectures, and congressional investigations, Do Not Resist<\/strong> captures a broken system that ultimately pegs local citizens as perpetual, possible, if not future persons of interest.<\/p>\n

Do Not Resist<\/strong> finishes its run at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema<\/a> this Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A podcast interview with director Craig Atkinson is also available via KQEK.com\u2019s iTunes<\/a>, Libsyn<\/a>, and YouTube<\/a> channels, and features a lengthy, detailed discussion of the complex issues captured in Do Not Resist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2016 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/strong>
\nEditor’s Blog<\/a> — IMDB<\/a>
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\nVendor Search Links:<\/strong>
\nAmazon.ca<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.com<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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