Before January gets too far along, I wanted to take a minute to reflect on the year past, especially as it relates to the making of my film, Shielded Brutality. In short, last year was hugely successful, and ended on the great note of two and half years of hard work coming together successfully. But before I get to that, let me quickly recap what was accomplished. Here are some of the people I was fortunate enough to film interviews with over the past year discussing the Burge history and criminal justice reform in general.
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Spoke Films 2007 Year in Review (Pt. I)
January 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Chicago Police · Documentary · Filmmaking · Jon Burge · Spoke Digital Films · Spoke Films · Torture · abuse · civil rights · cops · jesse jackson · police · social justice
“Shielded Brutality” trailer screened and televised at Rainbow/PUSH
August 6th, 2007 · No Comments
This past Saturday, I had the honor of screening the trailer for my documentary film, “Shielded Brutality,” at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s community forum. The weekly community forum is broadcast nationally and internationally. I can’t think the Reverend Jesse Jackson and his organization enough for the opportunity.
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