
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Washington PostAnn HornadayAlthough news reports presented police use of rubber bullets and tear gas as justifiable responses to increasingly volatile crowds, Whose Streets? offers a useful alternative view, with citizen journalists capturing what look like unprovoked attacks on demonstrators by law enforcement officers woefully unprepared or unwilling to de-escalate sensitive situations and engage. |
| Chicago ReaderLeah PickettEven through this more personal lens, Folayan and Davis take an evenhanded approach: civilians loot stores and burn police cars, whereas police officers fire tear gas and aim rifles at peacefully protesting crowds. |
| GuardianJordan HoffmanDirectors and activists Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis’s outstanding and incendiary documentary about Ferguson does a tremendous end run around mainstream news outlets and the agenda-driven narratives that emerge, particularly on television. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearWhether it's the "best" documentary of 2017 is a matter of opinion. But it is assuredly the most vital. |
| Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernIt’s stronger as a collection of Ferguson voices and figures, such as rapper Tef Poe, who quiets a crowd in one scene by warning, “You ain’t gonna outshoot [the police].” In moments like those, Whose Streets? is a tragic yet essential portrait of a community under siege. |
| The PlaylistChris BarsantiThis isn’t a movie about despair in the face of seemingly implacable problems; it’s about the heavy lifting that constant hope requires. Disappointingly, that surging energy which animates the activists profiled here, in ways both intimate and caught-on-the-fly, never coalesces into the desired blueprint for reform. |
| TIME MagazineStephanie ZacharekWhose Streets? is rough around the edges, like a torn photograph whose borders have also been raggedly burned. But that's more a strength than a liability. |
| Washington City PaperTricia Olszewski[Whose Streets] is powerful stuff, and the documentary is inarguably important. |
| BET.comClay CaneHearing their fears and hopes fleshed out their identity of 'activists' beyond clips on cable news channels. Frame after frame, Folayan and Davis aimed for the heart and hit the bullseye. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThis is a movie that doesn't merely tell a gripping, important story, but reminds us that the storyteller and the storytelling matter just as much. |