Clark U. Hosts Showing Of Documentary On Ferguson Unrest

WORCESTER, MA - From Clark University: Clark University will host artist and filmmaker Damon Davis for “Whose Streets,” a talk about a documentary by the same name Davis co-directed with award-winning storyteller Sabaah Folayan which chronicles the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The screening will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in Razzo Hall in the Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street, Worcester.

"Whose Streets?" tells the story of the protests from the perspective of the activists who showed up to challenge those who use power to spread fear and hate. The film premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released to theaters three years after Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson in August 2017; it was praised for its portrayal of activism, with focuses on organizations such as Cop Watch, and the Hands Up movement.

A statement by the co-directors says that the film was made “as tribute to our people—our deeply complex, courageous, flawed, powerful, and ever hopeful people—who dare to dream of brighter days. This is more than a documentary…this is a story we personally lived.”

JET magazine reported that “Whose Streets?” is “the quintessential doc[umentary] on Black Lives Matter.” In his review in Rolling Stone, David Fear wrote, “this impressionistic collection of testimonies, frontline dispatches and citizen journalism could not feel more essential.”

This event is free and open to the public; it is sponsored by the Visual & Performing Arts Department. For more information about the lecture, call 508-793-7356.

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