WOMEN IN BLUE

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Film Details
Country:USA
Year:2020
Running Time:85
Language:English
Director:Deirdre Fishel
Producer:Beth Levison
Deirdre Fishel
Aideen Kane
Editor:Sunita Prasad
Christopher White
Cinematographer:Tom Bergmann
Composer:Chad Cannon
Website:https://womeninbluedoc.com/
DOC NYC
US Distributor:ITVS
Event Years:2020
Festival Section:American Perspectives
Film Genres:Black Stories
Law and Justice
Women and Girls
Women Directors
Related YouTube URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2PVgcA9SKA&list=PLpA9CP7ojEQgV5B9PekyJ37gEb0sPiG9O&index=75

Description

When Janeé Harteau becomes Minneapolis's first female police chief, she sets out to change a troubled department by addressing racially biased policing, increasing transparency, recruiting more women into the force, and championing leadership roles for female officers. But all of her reforms are threatened by an officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed woman. Filming both before and after George Floyd's murder, Deirdre Fishel follows four female officers as they navigate the changing department, offering a compelling inside look at the complex intersection of gender, race, and the limits of reform within an ethically questionable institution.

Watch an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Director/Producer Deirdre Fishel.