Power

R

Released May 10

1h 25m

Documentary

History

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Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can be described by one word: power.

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Greg Nussen

Slant Magazine

Throughout Power, Yance Ford draws a startlingly clear line from the origins of modern policing as a slave patrol to its present-day iteration.

Rated: 3/4

May 5, 2024

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Jourdain Searles

Hollywood Reporter

Interrogating the phrase “law and order,” Power makes plain the police’s role in maintaining an unfair class system.

Feb 5, 2024

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Drew Gregory

Autostraddle

It is meant to be an introduction — a teaching tool ideal for classrooms or for adults open to change.

Jan 25, 2024

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Provocative and timely, but tedious, exhausting and undercooked.

May 8, 2024

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

An educational but not overly academic documentary that tackles the uglier side of American history when it comes to policing the country's citizens.

Mar 6, 2024

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Lisa Trifone

Third Coast Review

Ford intertwines archival footage of police brutality, riots and trainings with interviews with experts laying out the case against the police as we know it. Unfortunately, that case is made quickly and the rest of the film begins to feel redundant.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 9, 2024

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Synopsis

Driven to contain threats to social order, American policing has exploded in scope and scale over hundreds of years. Now, it can be described by one word: power.

Director: Yance Ford
Producer: Anya Rous, Dan Cogan, Jon Bardin, Liz Garbus
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Multitude Films
Rating: R
Genre: Documentary, History
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 10, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2024
Runtime: 1h 25m

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