Presented by VTIFF
Venue Host: Main Street Landing
A partnership between VTIFF and Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Directed by Jenifer McShane
USA | 2017 | Documentary | 96 mins
Screening followed by a Q&A with Producer Nikhil Melnechuk, Attorney General T J Donovan and Jay Craven. Come at 6:45 for a meet-and-greet at the Lake Lobby. Snacks and refreshments after the Q&A in the Lake Lobby.
This screening follows the first of Best of MNFF screening: Don’t Be Nice at 5:00 PM
Ernie and Joe is an intimate portrait of two Texas police officers who are helping change the way police respond to mental health calls. The film takes audiences on a personal journey, weaving together their experiences during their daily encounters with people in crisis. These two officers are not your everyday cops. They are part of the San Antonio Police Department’s 10-person Mental Health Unit.
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Winner of the 2013 Director’s Award at the Social Justice Film Festival, selected by the U.S. Department’s American Film Showcase to tour internationally, it was broadcast on PBS stations nationwide as part of the America ReFramed documentary series. Jenifer’s first film, A LEAP OF FAITH (Sundance Film Festival, 1996), which follows a group of parents in Belfast, Northern Ireland as they open an integrated school for Catholic and Protestant children was broadcast on PBS, and screened broadly on European television.