PROFILE
FROM Sabaah Folayan
Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis: Whose Streets? The documentary filmmakers discuss their film about the Ferguson, Missouri protests after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in 2014.
'Whose Streets:' View of Michael Brown killing from Ferguson residents Today is the third anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The new film “Whose Streets” tells the story of Ferguson from the perspective of the people who live there, those who protested and the movement that was created in the aftermath. Riot Police in Ferguson, MO in "Whose Streets?" Activist Alexis Templeton in "Whose Streets?" A memorial for Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, MO featured in "Whose Streets?"
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