Whose Streets? (2017)

Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.

Directors:

Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis (co-director)

Writer:

Sabaah Folayan

Stars:

Lezley McSpadden, Michael Brown Sr., David Whitt

2 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lezley McSpadden	...	Herself - Mother of Mike Brown Jr.
Michael Brown Sr.	...	Himself - Father of Mike Brown Jr.
David Whitt	...	Himself
Montague Simmons	...	Himself
Jamala	...	Herself
Ashley Yates	...	Herself
Anthony Shadid	...	Himself (as Brother Shadid)
Kayla Reed	...	Herself
T-Dubb-O	...	Himself
Catherine Daniels	...	Herself (as Mama Cat)
Tef Poe	...	Himself
Brittany Ferrell	...	Herself
Kenna Ferrell	...	Herself
Thomas Jackson	...	Himself - Ferguson Police Chief (archive footage)
Bassem Masri	...	Himself

Storyline

Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown inspired a community to fight back and sparked a global movement.

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Plot Keywords:

year 2014 | policing | riot | reference to the 1992 los angeles riots | triple f rated | 

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Taglines:

We will not go quietly

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Whose Streets?

Filming Locations:

Ferguson, Missouri, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$43,804, 13 August 2017

Gross USA:

$182,799

Company Credits

Production Co:

Magnolia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color (HDCAM) Color

User Reviews

Not what one would have thought initially.

This documentary indeed examines a particular social and cultural phenomenon, but not the one that it claims it analyzes.

The real leitmotif here is the relatively recent advent, the zenith and the unchallengeable reign of the so-called Post-Truth Era which we're all enabling in one way or another. In that tenor, the message this movie disseminates, and even promulgates, happens to be virtually diametrically opposed and recusant to the one the author declares to be the documentary's objective.

Some of the smartest, most capable and highest paid professionals in the U.S. and the European Union work in the field of disinformation and prevarication. These are the propagandists - the PhD's in spin-doctoring. Their objective is to create such a cacophony in, what Jurgen Habernas calls, Öffentlichkeit - a public space outside of the control by the state, where individuals exchange views and knowledge.

This is what I, personally, got the strongest sense from in this movie - the cacophony, since it engenders the best possible environment for circumvention of the objective truth. Ultimately, there little doubt in my mind that it is entirely within these talented public sphere operatives' and propagandists' possibilities to render the truth largely irrelevant.