Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder (2015)
A Documentary: Mentally ill victims murdered by police brutality prompts friends, family and activists/artists with disabilities to rise-up and battle these injustices by any means necessary.
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It is estimated that over 50 percent of the victims of police brutality and police killings nationally have a disability that contributed to the incident. Disability is glazed over or not recorded in the official police reports. Nor is the fact adequately represented in the media and even in popular movement around this issue of police brutality in general. It informs us that for them, disability doesn’t matter. But clearly disability does matter, and this documentary project makes that statement loud and clear. Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder, chronicles disabled victims murdered by police as well as the activists/artists who are fighting to end police brutality against people with disabilities. The work of many disabled activists and artists/activists are explored around this issue, especially involving disabled people of color. Notably, Director Emmitt H Thrower, is a retired NY City cop turned artist/filmmaker.
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- Music
- Leroy Moore Jr., D.J. Quads
Cast
- Leroy Moore Jr. as Self (Singer
- Leroy Moore Jr. as Rapper
- Leroy Moore Jr. as Poet
- Keith Jones as Self (Activist
- Keith Jones as Rapper)
- Mesha Irizarry as Self (Activist
- Mesha Irizarry as Advocate
- Mesha Irizarry as CEO: Idriss Stelley Foundation)
- Lethea Warren as Self (Disabled Fine Artist)
- Tiny Lisa Gray-Garcia as Self (Activist
- Tiny Lisa Gray-Garcia as Journalist
- Tiny Lisa Gray-Garcia as Co-Founder: Poor Magazine)
- D.J. Quads as Self (Hip Hop Rapper
- D.J. Quads as Music Producer)
- Kalyn Heffernan as Self (Activist
- Kalyn Heffernan as Rapper
- Kalyn Heffernan as Musician)
- Barbara Johnson as Narrator
Crew
- Emmitt H. Thrower · Director
- Emmitt H. Thrower · Producer
- Leroy Moore Jr. · Composer
- D.J. Quads · Composer
- Emmitt H. Thrower · Editor
- Michael Thrower · Editor