Eric Garner

In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow calls for a “reverse Great Migration” of African Americans from the North back to the South to upend today’s political power structures while reclaiming the land and culture they left behind. South to Black Power does more than illustrate Blow’s enlightening ideas; we journey through Blow’s personal story, from his childhood in Louisiana to his role as father to young adult children in New York City, showing us the hard-won truths behind his vision for the future.

Le 1er septembre 2016, alors que les joueurs et les spectateurs du stade de San Diego se lèvent pendant l'hymne national, la star du football américain Colin Kaepernick pose un genou à terre. Ce geste de protestation contre les violences policières et les injustices à l'encontre des Afro-Américains suffit pour le propulser sur le devant de la scène médiatique. Le pays bascule dans un débat sur les discriminations raciales, ne laissant personne indifférent, pas même Donald Trump, qui critique vertement le sportif lors de ses discours de campagne.

This short film combines footage of the chokehold death of Eric Garner at the hands of the New York City Police Department and an interview with an acquaintance of his.

3 Brothers compiles Radio Raheem’s death scenes from Do the Right Thing with real footage of the deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd last week. All three men, including the fictional one, were killed by white police officers restraining them by their necks on the street. The film premiered during Lee’s appearance on CNN’s I Can’t Breathe: Black Men Living and Dying in America on May 31, anchored by Don Lemon.