Presented by Main Street Landing and VTIFF
Do Not Resist
Directed by Craig Atkinson
USA | Documentary | 2016 | 72 min
2016 Tribeca Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature
2016 Indianapolis Film Festival – Best Documentary Feature
Director Craig Atkinson and Producer/Co-Editor Laura Hartrick will be in attendance. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with Atkinson and Burlington Deputy Chief of Police Shawn Burke.
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 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.