Human Rights Watch Film Festival presents: The Blood is at the Doorstep
Erik Ljung / 2017 / 90 min.
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On April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a 31-year-old unarmed black man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by a Milwaukee police officer in a popular downtown park. This intimate verité documentary follows his family as they struggle to find answers and challenge a criminal justice system stacked against them.

Q&A discussion to follow screening with:
Filmmaker Erik Ljung and Dameion Hamilton

About the Festival

 

 

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to the Museum of Photographic Arts on February 1 – 4, 2018. Now in its eighth year, the festival presents a unique program encompassing six films and discussions that address a wide range of human rights issues from around the world.

 

 

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Financial support for MOPA’s film programming is provided by the City of San Diego

and The LJ Galinson Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation.

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