1. White Out, Black In (Branco Sai, Preto Fica)
Shots fired inside a club frequented by black Brazilians in the outskirts of Brasilia leave two men wounded. A third man arrives from the future in order to investigate the incident and prove that the fault lies in the repressive society.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. 9/11: Rescue Cops
The extraordinary untold story of the heroism and sacrifice of the NYPD’s elite rescue squad - the Emergency Service Unit - on 9/11.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
3. Inside the Uvalde Response
Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps.
4. Policing the Police 2020
George Floyd’s killing triggered mass demonstrations nationwide calling for racial justice and police accountability in the United States. In the wake of those protests, New Yorker writer and historian Jelani Cobb returns to a troubled police department he first visited four years ago to examine whether reform can work, and how police departments can be held accountable.
5. Whistling Smith
This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the hangout of petty criminals, down-and-outs and a variety of characters. His policing is unorthodox. To many drug users, petty thieves and prostitutes in this economically depressed area he is more than the iron hand of the law, he is also a counsellor and a friend.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
6. INFINITY minus Infinity
INFINITY minus Infinity draws on several inspirations: the modernist verse of the Jamaican poet Una Marson, the alluvial invocations of the Martinican philosopher and poet Édouard Glissant, the black feminist poetics of the Brazilian philosopher Denise Ferreira da Silva, and the racial formation of geology theorised by British geographer Kathryn Yusoff amongst others in order to envision a black feminist cosmos animated by the principles of mathematical nihilism.
7. Incarceration Nation
An examination of the connection between relentless government intervention since colonisation to the trauma and disadvantage experiences by Indigenous Australians - the two key drivers of incarceration.
8. Jag Är Registrerad (Jag Är Registrerad)
The news about the Swedish police's registry of Roma people has generated very strong reactions. In this new documentary we meet some young Swedish Roma people who talk about their feelings and thoughts about the registration.
9. Santos Vive
Santos Vive is a documentary about the community of Little Mexico in Dallas as well as the murder of Santos Rodriguez at the hands of a police officer in 1973.
10. Four Hours at the Capitol
The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election, many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s presidency.
It has an average vote of 7.513 on TMDB.
11. Meet Me By The Magnolia Tree
“Meet Me by the Magnolia Tree” is a student documentary on the history of Richmond’s gay community and the role cruising for sex played in places like Byrd Park, the Block, and Battle Abbey.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
12. Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 2 : Sainte Rita, priez pour nous (Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 2 : Sainte Rita, priez pour nous)
(Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 2 : Sainte Rita, priez pour nous)
13. Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine (Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine)
(Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine)
14. La Arquitectura Del Crimen (La Arquitectura Del Crimen)
(La Arquitectura Del Crimen)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
15. Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa (Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa)
(Archiviato - L'obbligatorietà dell'azione penale in Valsusa)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
16. Dans la tête d'un flic (Dans la tête d'un flic)
Seven police officers break their code of silence to share their daily lives, expectations, and fears. An engaging documentary that explores a rare and unfiltered perspective, without idealization or preconceived judgments.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. The Police Tapes
The Police Tapes is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for public television; a one-hour version later aired on ABC. Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the highest crime rate in New York City at that time. They produced about 40 hours of videotape that they edited into a 90-minute documentary.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
18. America; I Too
Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
19. Notes of Resistance and Erasure
This experimental short traces the lifespan of the graffiti and murals present at the occupation of NYC’s City Hall in June and July of 2020. The encampment formed to demand the abolishment of the NYPD and the reallocation of its resources to housing, education, and other social programs.
20. Every Mother's Son
Anthony Baez died during a football game when an officer put him in an illegal chokehold. Amadou Diallo was unarmed when he was shot at 41 times by police in his doorway. Gary Busch was pepper-sprayed and shot to death while holding a small hammer, though witnesses said he posed no threat. Their stories are tragic and the courage shown by the mothers heroic. As one witness says, "As long a there's a mother, we'll continue to fight."