Whose Streets? (2017)

An unflinching look at how the police 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	...	Self - Mother of Mike Brown Jr.
Michael Brown Sr.	...	Self - Father of Mike Brown Jr.
David Whitt	...	Self
Montague Simmons	...	Self
Jamala	...	Self
Ashley Yates	...	Self
Anthony Shadid	...	Self (as Brother Shadid)
Kayla Reed	...	Self
T-Dubb-O	...	Self
Catherine Daniels	...	Self (as Mama Cat)
Tef Poe	...	Self
Brittany Ferrell	...	Self
Kenna Ferrell	...	Self
Thomas Jackson	...	Self - Ferguson Police Chief (archive footage)
Bassem Masri	...	Self

Storyline

An unflinching look at how the police 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 | archive footage | black lives matter | policing | police | 

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Taglines:

When the news cameras are gone the truth will be told.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout

Did You Know?

Quotes

David Whitt: It was obvious military tactic. Come in, cut off their communication, round them up, you know what I'm saying? Then, once we had them under control, have them lose people, have a combat photographer come in and say like 'Hey, look, they going crazy' Yeah, they going crazy because we just cut off their communication and shot a couple of them. And then, later on, everything calm and all that and then everybody home, like 'Oh hey, they rounded up the insurgents' We in their country. How are they ...

User Reviews

White guy from Saint Louis. Sad that I watched the riots from my computer.

With the recent #blackout tuesday taking social media by storm, I too feel the need to reflect and revisit crucial moments of unrest in recent history.

I grew up in suburban Missouri. I had a few good friends who were half-black, but I largely lived in an insulated, middle class environment where racial tensions were out of sight and mind.

My appreciation for hip hop, Jazz, James Baldwin, Dave Chapelle, and Ta-Nehisi Coates has brought me baby steps closer to appreciating black culture over the years. But there is still a lot of fetishization on my part.

Overall, my laziness has kept race on the outskirts of understanding. And perhaps it should always be at the outskirts of understanding - me being a white man who will never truly understand the struggle of the African American in a America that doesn't give our black neighbors the time of day.

I have learned to treat racial understanding like Zen. The impossibility of understanding means the process is both the journey and the endpoint. The moment I begin to think that I "understand" is the moment I get lazy again.

Rewatching this movie, and being reminded of what happened right down the street from me in Ferguson, has given me a momentary respite from laziness. And I hope watching Whose Streets will give you the same chance for reflection.

Details

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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

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$182,799

Company Credits

Production Co:

Magnolia Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color