Whose Streets?

2017

Action / Documentary

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 98% · 86 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 1433 1.4K

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Plot summary

A nonfiction account of the Ferguson uprising told by the people who lived it, this is an unflinching look at how the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown inspired a community to fight back—and sparked a global movement.

Director

Sabaah Folayan Photo
Sabaah Folayan

Top cast

Barack Obama Photo
Barack Obama as Himself
Brian Williams Photo
Brian Williams as Himself
Lezley McSpadden Photo
Lezley McSpadden as Herself - Mother of Mike Brown Jr.
Michael Brown Sr. Photo
Michael Brown Sr. as Himself - Father of Mike Brown Jr.
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JohnDeSando

Powerful doc dedicated to the power of the people.

"A riot is the language of the unheard." chapter heading Having never participated in a protest, much less a riot, I felt I had done both after experiencing directors Sabaah Folay and Damon Davis's Whose Streets? Their documentary about Ferguson, Missouri, and the death of Mike Brown in 2014 is an unremittingly real and passionate participant point of view that celebrates the will of an oppressed people to be heard.Whose Streets? documents the thoughts and actions of the largely black population as they experience the white-cop brutality of Ferguson and St. Louis police forces, culminating in Mike Brown's being shot 8 times by an officer who justifies the assassination with his fear. The grand jury believed he was faultless, leading to disbelief and riots reminiscent of the reaction to Rodney King's killers' exoneration.The doc is especially effective bringing home the pain with portraits of such sufferers as Brittany Ferrell, a comely and articulate young lesbian who is not afraid to speak her outrage. We see her at home with her children and on the street with the microphone chanting the will to fight to be free, an anthem echoed by virtually everyone facing down the daunting police and national guard forces.The street's-eye view happens largely because cell phones recorded the abuse with a probing expertise heretofore only the province of professional filmmakers. But not today, when those little devices are adjuncts to the spirit of justice, albeit not always enough to bring convictions. David Whitt, a Copwatch citizen videographer, meticulously records and publishes images that damn the militaristic response, for the film's expert doc makers put them together to devastatingly powerful effect.Although white cop Darren Wilson, 28, had Brown in his sights after Brown allegedly robbed a convenience store, Brown should not have died for the crime nor should his body have lain in the street for hours while the community and security reacted. However, most of the forensic evidence and testimony proved that Wilson acted in self defense.If there can be a criticism of this doc, it would be that the evidence finally exonerating Wilson is not presented; he remains guilty in the spirit of the film if not the reality. Although the filmmakers could claim an interest only in the people's plight and reactions, full disclosure for me requires that I also see where the police can be at least partially exonerated.Justice both civil and spiritual is elusive. Whose Streets? is an estimable rendition of a disadvantaged populace struggling to be heard.
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Reviewed by tghoran 1 / 10

Based on Lies

It's a shame for the documentary maker and those in that community this entire "Hands Up Don't Shoot" if a lie. Michael Brown was a thug on his way to becoming a career criminal just like George Floyd. The lack of an education and a decent income is the fault of the system itself and also the very citizens that continue to vote the same crooked politicians into office year after year. Why would anyone continue this insane behavior? The media constructed a narrative of this incident, BLM(a domestic terror organization) began to collect donations and the very people that created the BLM movement stole and misappropriated those funds to fund a lavish lifestyle with million dollar homes, luxury cars and vacations. These people are getting exactly what they voted for. Not my problem.

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