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Damon Davis: Courage is contagious
Damon Davis: Što sam vidio na prosvjedima u Fergusonu
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Kada se umjetnik Damon Davis pridružio prosvjedima u Fergusonu, Missouri, nakon što je policija ubila Michaela Browna 2014., ondje nije pronašao samo bijes, nego i osjećaj ljubavi za sebe i zajednicu. Njegov dokumentarac "Čije ulice?" govori o prosvjedima sa stajališta aktivista koji su se došli suprotstaviti onima koji svoju moć koriste kako bi širili strah i mržnju.
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmaker
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
TED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression. Full bio
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00:13
So, I'm afraid.
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Bojim se.
00:15
Right now,
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Upravo sada,
00:17
on this stage,
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na pozornici,
00:18
I feel fear.
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osjećam strah.
00:21
In my life, I ain't met many people
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U životu nisam upoznao puno ljudi
00:22
that will readily admit
when they are afraid.
when they are afraid.
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koji spremno priznaju kada se boje.
00:25
And I think that's because deep down,
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Mislim da je to jer u dubini duše,
00:27
they know how easy it spreads.
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znaju kako brzo se širi.
00:30
See, fear is like a disease.
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Strah je poput bolesti.
00:32
When it moves, it moves like wildfire.
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Kada se širi, širi se poput požara.
00:35
But what happens when,
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No, što se dogodi kada,
00:37
even in the face of that fear,
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iako suočeni sa strahom,
00:39
you do what you've got to do?
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učinite ono što morate?
00:41
That's called courage.
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To se zove hrabrost.
00:43
And just like fear,
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I poput straha,
00:45
courage is contagious.
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hrabrost je zarazna.
00:47
See, I'm from East St. Louis, Illinois.
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Ja sam iz East St. Louisa, Illinois.
00:50
That's a small city
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To je mali grad
00:51
across the Mississippi River
from St. Louis, Missouri.
from St. Louis, Missouri.
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uz rijeku Mississippi,
St. Louis, Missouri.
St. Louis, Missouri.
00:54
I have lived in and around
St. Louis my entire life.
St. Louis my entire life.
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Cijeli sam život živio u i oko St. Louisa.
01:00
When Michael Brown, Jr.,
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Kada je Michaela Browna,
01:01
an ordinary teenager,
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običnog tinejdžera,
01:03
was gunned down by police in 2014
in Ferguson, Missouri --
in Ferguson, Missouri --
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ustrijelila policija 2014.
u Fergusonu, Missouri,
u Fergusonu, Missouri,
01:07
another suburb, but north of St. Louis --
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još jednom predgrađu,
no sjeverno od St. Louisa,
no sjeverno od St. Louisa,
01:10
I remember thinking,
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sjećam se da sam pomislio
01:12
he ain't the first,
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da on nije prvi,
01:14
and he won't be the last young kid
to lose his life to law enforcement.
to lose his life to law enforcement.
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a ni posljednji mladi život
koji je odnijela policija.
koji je odnijela policija.
01:18
But see, his death was different.
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No, njegova je smrt bila drukčija.
01:21
When Mike was killed,
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Kada je Mike ubijen,
01:22
I remember the powers that be
trying to use fear as a weapon.
trying to use fear as a weapon.
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sjećam se moći koju donosi
nastojanje da se strah koristi kao oružje.
nastojanje da se strah koristi kao oružje.
01:27
The police response to a community
in mourning was to use force
in mourning was to use force
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Policija je na zajednicu
u žalovanju reagirala silom
u žalovanju reagirala silom
01:30
to impose fear:
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namećući im strah:
01:32
fear of militarized police,
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strah od militarizirane policije,
01:34
imprisonment,
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zatvora,
01:36
fines.
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novčanih kazni.
01:37
The media even tried
to make us afraid of each other
to make us afraid of each other
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Mediji su pokušali
okrenuti nas jedne protiv drugih
okrenuti nas jedne protiv drugih
01:39
by the way they spun the story.
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načinom na koji su sve prikazali.
I sve je to ranije uspijevalo.
01:41
And all of these things
have worked in the past.
have worked in the past.
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01:43
But like I said,
this time it was different.
this time it was different.
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No, kao što sam rekao,
ovaj je put bilo drukčije.
ovaj je put bilo drukčije.
01:47
Michael Brown's death and the subsequent
treatment of the community
treatment of the community
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Smrt Michaela Browna
i odnos prema zajednici nakon toga
i odnos prema zajednici nakon toga
01:51
led to a string of protests in and around
Ferguson and St. Louis.
Ferguson and St. Louis.
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vodili su nizu protesta
u i oko Fergusona i St. Louisa.
u i oko Fergusona i St. Louisa.
01:55
When I got out to those protests
about the fourth or fifth day,
about the fourth or fifth day,
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Kada sam se pridružio protestima,
četvrti ili peti dan,
četvrti ili peti dan,
01:59
it was not out of courage;
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nije to bilo zbog hrabrosti,
02:01
it was out of guilt.
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nego zbog grižnje savjesti.
02:03
See, I'm black.
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Crnac sam.
02:05
I don't know if y'all noticed that.
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Ne znam jeste li to primijetili.
02:06
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
02:08
But I couldn't sit in St. Louis,
minutes away from Ferguson,
minutes away from Ferguson,
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Nisam mogao sjediti u St. Louisu,
nekoliko minuta od Fergusona
nekoliko minuta od Fergusona
02:13
and not go see.
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i ne otići vidjeti to.
02:15
So I got off my ass to go check it out.
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Stoga sam otišao provjeriti.
02:17
When I got out there,
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Kada sam došao,
02:18
I found something surprising.
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pronašao sam nešto iznenađujuće.
02:22
I found anger; there was a lot of that.
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Pronašao sam ljutnju, mnogo ljutnje.
02:25
But what I found more of was love.
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No, pronašao sam još više ljubavi.
02:28
People with love for themselves.
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Ljude koji vole sebe.
02:30
Love for their community.
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Koji vole svoju zajednicu.
02:32
And it was beautiful --
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I bilo je prelijepo...
02:34
until the police showed up.
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dok se nije pojavila policija.
02:36
Then a new emotion was interjected
into the conversation:
into the conversation:
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Novi je osjećaj ušao u razgovor:
02:40
fear.
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strah.
02:42
Now, I'm not going to lie;
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Neću lagati,
02:44
when I saw those armored vehicles,
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kada sam vidio ta oklopna vozila,
02:47
and all that gear
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svu tu opremu
02:48
and all those guns
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i svo to oružje,
02:49
and all those police
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kao i sve te policajce,
02:51
I was terrified --
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bio sam prestravljen...
02:53
personally.
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ja osobno.
02:55
And when I looked around that crowd,
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Kada sam pogledao okupljenu gomilu,
02:57
I saw a lot of people that had
the same thing going on.
the same thing going on.
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vidio sam puno ljudi
koji su se jednako osjećali.
koji su se jednako osjećali.
03:00
But I also saw people
with something else inside of them.
with something else inside of them.
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No, prepoznao sam i nešto drugo u njima.
03:04
That was courage.
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Hrabrost.
03:05
See, those people yelled,
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Ti su ljudi vikali,
03:07
and they screamed,
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urlali su,
03:08
and they were not about
to back down from the police.
to back down from the police.
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i nisu htjeli ustuknuti pred policijom.
03:11
They were past that point.
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Nadišli su to u sebi.
03:12
And then I could feel
something in me changing,
something in me changing,
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I tada sam osjetio
kako se nešto u meni mijenja,
kako se nešto u meni mijenja,
03:15
so I yelled and I screamed,
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pa sam i ja vikao i urlao
03:17
and I noticed that everybody around me
was doing the same thing.
was doing the same thing.
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te sam primijetio
da su svi oko mene činili isto.
da su svi oko mene činili isto.
03:21
And there was nothing like that feeling.
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Ništa nije ravno tom osjećaju.
03:25
So I decided I wanted
to do something more.
to do something more.
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Odlučio sam da želim učiniti više.
03:27
I went home, I thought:
I'm an artist. I make shit.
I'm an artist. I make shit.
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Otišao sam kući misleći:
Umjetnik sam, izrađujem stvari.
Umjetnik sam, izrađujem stvari.
03:30
So I started making things
specific to the protest,
specific to the protest,
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Pa sam počeo izrađivati predmete
posebno za protest,
posebno za protest,
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things that would be weapons
in a spiritual war,
in a spiritual war,
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stvari koje mogu postati oružje
u duhovnom ratu,
u duhovnom ratu,
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things that would give people voice
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stvari koje će ljudima dati glas,
03:43
and things that would fortify them
for the road ahead.
for the road ahead.
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koje će ih osnažiti za put pred njima.
03:47
I did a project where I took pictures
of the hands of protesters
of the hands of protesters
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U okviru jednog projekta
fotografirao sam ruke pobunjenih
fotografirao sam ruke pobunjenih
03:50
and put them up and down
the boarded-up buildings
the boarded-up buildings
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te sam ih postavio
na daskama obloženim zgradama
na daskama obloženim zgradama
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and community shops.
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i lokalnim trgovinama.
03:56
My goal was to raise awareness
and to raise the morale.
and to raise the morale.
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Moj je cilj bio podići
razinu svijesti i ohrabriti.
razinu svijesti i ohrabriti.
04:00
And I think, for a minute at least,
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I mislim da sam barem na trenutak
04:02
it did just that.
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to i postigao.
04:05
Then I thought, I want to uplift
the stories of these people
the stories of these people
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Tada sam pomislio
da želim izložiti priče tih ljudi
da želim izložiti priče tih ljudi
04:09
I was watching being
courageous in the moment.
courageous in the moment.
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koje sam gledao u njihovoj
hrabrosti u trenutku.
hrabrosti u trenutku.
04:12
And myself and my friend,
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Moj prijatelj i ja,
04:16
and filmmaker and partner Sabaah Folayan
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te redateljica i partnerica
Sabaah Folayan,
Sabaah Folayan,
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did just that with our documentary,
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to smo i učinili u našem dokumentarcu,
04:20
"Whose Streets?"
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"Čije ulice?"
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I kind of became a conduit
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Postao sam provodnik
04:25
for all of this courage
that was given to me.
that was given to me.
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za svu tu hrabrost koja mi je dana.
04:29
And I think that's part
of our job as artists.
of our job as artists.
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Mislim da je to dio posla umjetnika.
04:33
I think we should be conveyors
of courage in the work that we do.
of courage in the work that we do.
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Mi trebamo prenositi hrabrost u svom radu.
04:37
And I think that we are the wall
between the normal folks
between the normal folks
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Mi smo zid između običnih ljudi
04:41
and the people that use their power
to spread fear and hate,
to spread fear and hate,
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i onih koji koriste svoju moć
kako bi sijali strah i mržnju,
kako bi sijali strah i mržnju,
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especially in times like these.
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posebno u ovakvim vremenima.
04:48
So I'm going to ask you.
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Zato ću vas pitati.
04:50
Y'all the movers and the shakers,
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Sve moćnike,
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you know, the thought leaders:
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znate, predvodnike:
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What are you gonna do
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što ćete učiniti
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with the gifts that you've been given
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s darovima koji su vam dani
04:58
to break us from the fear
the binds us every day?
the binds us every day?
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da nas oslobodite straha
koji nas svaki dan sputava?
koji nas svaki dan sputava?
05:01
Because, see, I'm afraid every day.
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Jer svakoga se dana bojim.
05:04
I can't remember a time when I wasn't.
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Ne mogu se sjetiti vremena
kada se nisam bojao.
kada se nisam bojao.
05:07
But once I figured out that fear
was not put in me to cripple me,
was not put in me to cripple me,
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No, kada sam shvatio da me
strah neće onesposobiti,
strah neće onesposobiti,
05:11
it was there to protect me,
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da me štiti,
05:13
and once I figured out
how to use that fear,
how to use that fear,
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kada sam shvatio
kako iskoristiti taj strah,
kako iskoristiti taj strah,
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I found my power.
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pronašao sam moć.
05:19
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
05:20
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Damon Davis - Artist and filmmakerTED Fellow Damon Davis makes art to empower the disenfranchised and combat oppression.
Why you should listen
Musician, visual artist and filmmaker working at the intersection of art and activism, exploring the experience of contemporary black Americans. His documentary, Whose Streets?, premiered at Sundance 2017 and tells the story of the protests in Ferguson, Missouri that took place after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by police in 2014.
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