This is POV.
I'm Pete Schwaba, host of Wisconsin Public Television's
"Director's Cut."
Tonight we bring you Whose Streets?,
a film about the uprising in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014
that took place following the police shooting
of teenager Michael Brown.
Many Americans watched this stand-off unfold
between residents and police for days on their television.
Tonight, we get an even closer look at what took place.
Whose Streets? is directed by Sabaah Folayan
and co-director, Damon Davis
who immerse themselves amid those Ferguson residents
who are most affected when the National Guard
descends on their neighborhood with military-grade weaponry.
Whose Streets? is a powerful battle cry
from a generation fighting for their civil rights
and for the right to live.
Folayan is a native of South Central Los Angeles
and is as much an activist as she is a filmmaker.
She helped organize The Millions March
following the death of Eric Garner,
who died after suffocating during a struggle
with police officers in New York City.
Her passion for racial justice is what motivated Folayan
to direct her first feature-length film.
Whose Streets? starts now
on Wisconsin Public Television,
your home for independent film.