PEACE OFFICER SXSWFilm 2015 GRAND JURY AND AUDIENCE AWINNER Jim Fouratt interviews co-directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber..

SXSW FILM GRAND JURY DOCUMENTARY WINNER 2015 : this interview is not dependent on seeing the film ...but watching will make you want to ....Since the late 1970’s there has been a 15,000% increase in SWAT team raids in the United States. When "Dub"  Lawrence a sheriff in Utah  in 1974  brought a three person SWAT  team to his police force. 30 years later his son-in-law was killed by a SWAT invasion of his home in a domestic dispute situation and got away with it. So Lawrence, who was the person responsible for finding the evidence that got serial killer Ted Bundy arrested and put on trial. he had been able to get the actual police footage of the raids. It is shocking and tells a completely different story from what the police department spun.  The directors found four other white victims (remember Utah is 98% white) where SWAT teams called in to deal with simple situations where victim-less crimes were reputed to have taken place, Despite the dramatic video that documented  the police over reaction leading to serious injury or death the police were not indited by the Grand Jury.  The directors interview the actual police officers leaving to the audience to ask who is telling the truth. Peace Officer documents  the militarization of police departments across America that has changed the relationship between the "peace officer" and the public they are to protect.  Peace Office won both  the SXSW Film 2015 Grand Jury Documentary award and the Audience Award at SXSW 2015 , Brad Barber invoked Albert Maysles who had just died. "Dub" offers solutions that should ring true all across the US where young men,  mostly of color,  are being killed by police officers.

SWSXFilm PEACE OFFICER JF interviews co-directors Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber

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SXSWFilm magic moment ..

SXSWMagic: .After the Q&A with alex Gibney director of the Steve Jobs, Richard Linklater comes up with other audience members, Gibney sees him and turns his attention to him and RL says. "Wonder film making, thank you ." he then turns around and quietly walks away. That is what artists do with each other and how respect and appreciation is demonstrated.

Peace Officer - Sleeper hit at SXSW ... could not be ore timely .... militarization of the police and swat team violence.

This sleeper documentary art SXSW turns out to be so timely that it has become the mot talked about film at SXSW ,,, about to go into an interview with the Directors ,,,, and the principal subject.... Oh Boy ....  HANDS UP!   disarm the SWAT teams .

SXSW ALERT: FILM: BIKES vs CARS

We are so excited to tell you about this new documentary BIKES vs CARS  that will have it US premier at SXSW .

here is what the director has to say:  Born in Malmö, Sweden, a city where the bike is the natural choice for going from one place to another, I’ve traveled the world wondering why there are so few bicycles. Now, the car model as we know it has reached an extreme level with constant gridlock and millions of productive hours lost. Frustration is growing and cities need to look into new models. The new urban biking movement is pushing this development. People simply put a sign on their bike saying “ONE LESS CAR.” A Do-It-Yourself attitude towards a global crisis. It’s a positive message in depressing times. If all cities adopted the model of Copenhagen, where forty percent commute within the city on bikes, it would be a radical change for the world. Something you can measure in health, pollution, oil-usage. And now the conflict. The car, oil and construction industry is in the center of our economic system. They are the ones who don’t want change, and if only in their pace even if the planet needs instant action.”

- Director, Fredrik Gertten

As a City bikes rider I am soooooooooooo excited

BIKES vs CARS

Here is what Morgan Spurlock has to say about Bikes vs Cars