08 February 2017 | 19:00

INAUGURAL BLACKLIST EVENT: The Militarisation of Police

Doors: 18:30 / Start time: 19:00
Free entrance

BLACKLIST #1:  The Militarisation of Police

Black Sheep presents Blacklist: a series of public documentary film screenings and accompanying panel sessions thematically grouped around the significant societal and environmental challenges of our time. 

The series will kick off with a screening of Do Not Resist, an urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States.  

Confirmed panelists include: German civil-rights expert on Police violence, NETZPOLITIK, member and editor of CILIP Matthias Monroy; American counter-surveillance artist and activist Adam Harvey; German theatre director and activist Angela Richter; German civil rights lawyer Lukas Theune. Julian Oliver, BLACKLIST co-organizer, artist and activist, will moderate the exchange.

This event will be held in English // We kindly ask you RSVP at least 48 hours before via event@blackl.st

With thanks to DCM Berlin: https://dcmworld.com

"An urgent and powerful exploration of the rapid militarization of the police in the United States. Starting on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, Do Not Resist - the directorial debut of Detropia cinematographer Craig Atkinson - offers a stunning look at the current state of policing in America and a glimpse into the future. The Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Documentary puts viewers in the center of the action - from a ride­along with a South Carolina SWAT team and inside a police training seminar that teaches the importance of "righteous violence" to the floor of a congressional hearing on the proliferation of military equipment in small-town police departments - before exploring where controversial new technologies including predictive policing algorithms could lead the field next." 
 - Katie Atkinson

Blacklist (https://blackl.st/) is a series of public documentary film screenings and accompaning panel sessions thematically grouped around the significant societal and environmental challenges of our time. Themes include (yet are not limited to) Militarisation of Police, Automated Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Mass Surveillance, 21st Century Fascism, Over-consumption, The 6th Mass Extinction, Food Security and Climate Change.

Each screening comprises a single newly-released documentary film and panel of four to six guests whose members are considered experts and/or activists closely related to the (given) theme. It is the goal of this panel to address tensions, challenges and mitigation strategies following the screening, inviting debate and discussion to the ends of encouraging engagement.

In short, Blacklist aims to bring attendees in contact with activists around themes already important to them, stimulating their own 'latent activist' to get involved toward the ends of enacting positive change.

The theme of a Blacklist event is prescribed by parent Black Sheep events, occurring a week before; private, ad-hoc screenings to activists occuring in cities elsewhere worldwide. It is at a Black Sheep event that activists volunteer to attend and publicly engage audiences at a followup Blacklist screening.

BLACK SHEEP
Black Sheep is a private screening event created by Ziya Tong, gathering a community of hackers, humanitarians, activists, artists and scientists every 2 months. By building a network of creative minds around the world, the event gives an opportunity for the attendees to connect, discuss and prototype issues and solutions to the given topic. The event is partnered with HotDocs,  the Canadian documentary film festival, and hosts events in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto and Berlin.

The documentary 'Do Not Resist' will be available on iTunes, Amazon and Maxdome from the 23rd of February.