Is Incident easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 99% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Incident end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Incident

Name: Incident
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2023
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.5

How Police React When a Killing Is Caught on Tape

Directed by Bill Morrison

Produced by Hypnotic Pictures, Invisible Institute

202330 min7.5 / 10

A stark, investigative documentary that reconstructs a fatal police killing through fragmented surveillance footage, interrogating institutional evasion and the search for accountability.

Chicago, 2018. A man is killed by police on the street. Through a composite montage of images from surveillance and security footage as well as police body-cams, Incident recreates the event and its consequences, featuring vain justifications, altercations and attempts to avoid blame. Bill Morrison delivers a chilling political investigation in search of the truth.

Clusters

Movies About Institutional Injustice Depression and Complicity Injury And Mental Breakdown Realistic Films About Cruelty

Genres

Documentary Crime

Questions people ask

Is Incident easy watching? No. Less comforting than 99% of films.
Is Incident sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Is Incident scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Does Incident end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Incident violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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