JUSTICE MATTERS

The People's Way

ASHLEY TYNER, WILLIAM TYNER
USA, 2024
87 minutes, Color
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In Person: Co-Directors William Tyner & Ashley Tyner (May 1 screening only)

The larger Black community around Minneapolis's East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the intersection where George Floyd was murdered in May 2020, were no strangers to violence at the hands of the police. Rather, monumentalizing the historic corner was a way of saying, "This is our reality." This film follows three women activists who mine that moment of cultural upheaval, and their own hearts, for a positive route to Black liberation and real community. Jeanelle Austin spearheads a project to preserve the many art projects that were left at the memorial and create an art-focused community center. Robin Wonsley runs for city council on a controversial platform of replacing police with safety officers. And Toshira Garraway movingly turns the unending grief of losing her own loved one into a campaign for acknowledgment and accountability for police killings. Somebody say, "Amen."—Judy Bloch