Director: Erik Ljung
Writer(s) N/A
Starring: Dameion Perkins, Maria Hamilton, Nathaniel Hamilton Sr., Nate Hamilton, Dontre Hamilton, Wes Tank
Synopsis: Nate Hamilton and his brother Dontre grew up like twins. Even as adults, Nate felt responsible to look after his “baby” brother. As a roofer by day, Nate juggled community college and fatherhood in the evening. According to Nate, he had led “a pretty simple life.”That all changed in 2014, when Dontre was shot 14 times and killed by a Milwaukee Police Officer. Dontre’s death complicates current narratives of police profiling and use of force because not only was he an unarmed black man, but he was also living with paranoid schizophrenia.
Filmed over the course of three years in the direct aftermath of Dontre’s death, this intimate verite documentary follows Nate and his family as they struggle to find answers and challenge a criminal justice system stacked against them. Offering a painfully realistic glimpse inside a movement born out of tragedy, this explosive documentary takes a behind the scenes look at one of America’s most pressing social issues.
In their quest for justice, the Hamilton family and a grieving community must publicly square off against a police union that vows to stand as one, and an embattled chief of police that finds himself defiantly stuck between activists and a union that has lost confidence in his leadership.
Despite a multitude of setbacks, the Hamilton family inspires substantive reforms on a local level. But when another controversial police shooting in Milwaukee sets off several nights of violent unrest, the Hamilton family must decide what to do next. READ REVIEW
Release Date: March 13, 2017 (USA) | Length: 98 min | Genre:Biography, History | Certificate NR