American Violet

...consider the story. How would you feel if this happened to you? What if cases like this were to lead to disregard of due process of law at even the highest levels?

...makes a compelling argument for how racism within local police and justice departments can thrive due to a system that awards government dollars based on stats that are easily juked.

Although the film is poorly titled and is structured as a conventionally rendered docudrama with a message, it is movingly told and packed with powerful subject matter.