Do Not Resist (2016)
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Do Not Resist is an exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Opening on startling on-the-scene footage in Ferguson, Missouri, the film then broadens its scope to present scenes from across the country.
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It’s a sober account of police militarization in the 21st century that, no matter one’s stance on the matter, makes a brutal statement.
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If Atkinson’s presentation is just a hair above “competent,” it does the job of exposing the corroded heart of American policing.
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An assured doc debut that knows how to stand out in a crowded field, Craig Atkinson's Do Not Resist avoids the handwringing format of other (very welcome) examinations of 21st-century American policing, offering instead something like a despairing tone poem.
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It’s not groundbreaking cinema, but Do Not Resist effectively begins (and furthers) this ongoing conversation about the escalating police state, racial profiling, and beyond.
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Slant Magazine
Director Craig Atkinson's documentary explicates its points with blunt but persuasive efficiency.
