Indy Shorts Film Festival 2021

The Fight For Justice

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7 films in package
Department Of Injustice
To contact the U.S. Department of Justice please dial 202-514-2000. If you are seeking justice for a victim of police violence, enter ext. #400
RESIST: The Resistance Revival Chorus
In the midst of a country divided, a diverse group of women and non-binary individuals unite through the historic power of music to create a movement ignited by song.
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The Torture Letters
From unjustified stops of Black teenagers to planned torture in police in custody, police violence runs deep.
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The Felling of Colston
Award-winning documentary chronicling the felling of the statue of Edward Colston–a 17th Century slave trader–during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, England.
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enough.
A dream, a nightmare, a musical. Ten years in the making, welcome to the stormy inner world of one Congolese-American coming of age in the US.
October 27th, 2020
October 27, 2020 was the second night of protests in Philadelphia over the killing of Walter Wallace, Jr. He had a bipolar episode and was shot by cops. Wallace died with 12 bullets in his body in front of his mother. This is a video documentation of some of the protests that night.
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Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd
The police murder of George Floyd sparked a global uprising, the epicenter of the civil unrest, captured in real time, revealing a community's reaction to the systematic racial injustice that was witnessed world-wide.
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Despite decades of nominal change, the fight for Black lives rages on.


Films: Department of Injustice; RESIST: The Resistance Revival Chorus; The Torture Letters; The Felling of Colston; enough.; October 27th, 2020; Say His Name: Five Days for George Floyd


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What happens if you call the Department of Justice to report an incident of violence? Who picks up the phone? DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE, from filmmakers Travis Wood and Chloe Gbai, fictionalizes that premise with a comment on the state of justice and accountability regarding police violence in America, in the wake of George Floyd’s death.


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Film Contact:

Oscilloscope Laboratories

212-219-4029

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    5 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    Mature Themes
  • Note
    Animated Short
  • Director
    Travis Wood
  • Screenwriter
    Travis Wood, Chloe Gbai
  • Producer
    Chloe Gbai
  • Executive Producer
    Daniel Beger, Aaron Katz
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