Police Brutality Movies

As two brothers watch a news cast about extra terrestrial beings, the older brother uses the opportunity to make an analogy about their world being...

1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop...

Exploring police brutality and institutional hostility towards Arab and Muslim students, this documentary reveals how the University of Michigan's...

“Meet Me by the Magnolia Tree” is a student documentary on the history of Richmond’s gay community and the role cruising for sex...

In 1978 the police attacked demonstrators at the Sydney (Australia) Mardi Gras celebrations. This film details the communities' responses.

Racism. Toxic stress. Birth outcomes. How are these things intertwined? The short film, Toxic: A Black Woman's Story, seeks to explore that question...

Beneath the fury of Ferguson unrest, an affable professor dedicates his life to actionable, peaceful change while attempting the grueling triple...

In the fashion of horror satire, Two LAPD cops try to cover up a situation after killing an unarmed black teen. But things don't go as planned.

As one of Belgrade’s last DIY anti-nationalist spaces faces closure, its community gathers for a final night — a farewell that becomes a...

A young Colombian woman confronts her father and best friend, who resist her taking to the streets to protest for fear of the repression and violence...

High school student, Adie Gonzales, doesn’t care much about politics, until a haunting dream pulls her into a terrifying reality. Driven by a...

Eugene de Kock, nicknamed "Prime Evil," was South Africa's most notorious government assassin under the apartheid regime. A highly decorated and...

A documentary on police brutality during the anti-corruption protest in Valjevo, Serbia on August 14th, 2025.

Montreal, July 1990. Jess, a young English-speaking photographer, goes to an abandoned downtown loft to document a queer party. While she's having...

After unarmed black man is killed by a white police officer, reactions have a deep impact on those involved.

Filmmaker Malini Schueller examines police brutality against minorities and the dangers of overmilitarized campuses.

Pinky and the Pinky Police is a Newfoundland film aired at the Zedric's Film Festival 1984. It won a golden award for best flick.

A collaborative video and activism project between long-time community filmmaker Rebecca Garrett and Sanctuary, a church community drop-in, evolves...

The Hong Kong police have been accused of mishandling Yuen Long's attack on 21 July. Stephen Lo Wai-Chung, the Commissioner of Police, explained that...