The Force
A Film About The Oakland Police Department
A probing documentary that observes institutional dysfunction and moral complexity within a police force under pressure, resisting easy answers.
The Force presents a cinema vérité look deep inside the long-troubled Oakland Police Department as it struggles to confront federal demands for reform, a popular uprising following events in Ferguson, MO, and an explosive scandal.
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