For more than twenty years, Columbus police have killed dozens of people who live in the city—mostly Black people, many young—yet no officer was charged with murder. In their wake, a group of women, bound by grief at losing their sons, brothers, and sisters, demand recognition for their loss, offering searing indictments of a system which has failed them. Together, these families challenge the city’s long legacy of withholding answers and ignoring their calls for accountability, and confront what feels like an impossible question: how do you get justice from a system which has taken the lives of their children?
2022 /
Finalist
THEY WON’T CALL IT MURDER
Director & Producer: Melissa Gira Grant and Ingrid Raphaël,
Ruun Nuur, Chase Whiteside
12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.
2021 |
21 min
USA
Languages: English
AWARD:
Special Mention
Type:
Doc Short
Themes:
Uprising, Human Rights, Conflict & Resolution
