HumanDocs presents award-winning film "Do Not Resist"
Lacey Klotz |
Lipscomb University’s HumanDocs Film Series presents Craig Atkinson’s “Do Not Resist” screening at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5, in Shamblin Theatre. The screening is free and open to the public, and Lipscomb students receive chapel credit.
The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary, “Do Not Resist” offers a look at the current state of policing in America and gives a glimpse into the future. Filmed over two years in 11 states, the film examines the increasingly disturbing realities of the rapid militarization of police forces in the United States and puts the viewers at the center of the action – on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri; in a South Carolina SWAT team ride-along; and more.
A panel discussion featuring C. Dawn Deaner, Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender; Bob Nash, a retired Metro Police East Precinct Commander; and Preston Shipp, an attorney and criminal justice reform advocate; will immediately follow the film. Alycia Gilbert, a student in Lipscomb's Department of English and Modern Languages, will moderate the discussion.
“Sadly, ‘Do Not Resist’ is an especially timely film,” said Ted Parks, associate professor of foreign languages and director of Lipscomb’s HumanDocs Film Series. “The documentary's scenes of Ferguson, Missouri, call to mind Tulsa, Oklahoma; Charlotte, North Carolina; and so many other shootings that make us wonder about the purpose, focus and morality of violence in law enforcement. I hope ‘Do Not Resist’ will inspire respectful but authentic conversation about a problem that people in power and those who put them there must confront."
HumanDocs is a series of social-justice documentaries at Lipscomb University. The series emerged from the desire of the university's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to develop students personally, encourage lifelong learning and inspire service in a changing world.
The HumanDocs Film series is presented in partnership with the Nashville Film Festival and the Lipscomb Honors College.
HumanDocs will continue its series with master filmmaker Werner Herzog’s “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World,” Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Shamblin Theatre.
For more information on this event, contact Ted Parks at ted.parks [at] lipscomb.edu or at 615.966.6616.