: It also documents the activities of the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense as they investigate a lynching and organize community justice efforts.
Critics have praised the film for its "richness on both human and historical scales". It is frequently cited as a meditation on "insidious" forms of systemic pressure and a powerful example of modern social-realist filmmaking. what_you_gonna_do
The film follows several interconnected stories in New Orleans and Mississippi during the summer of 2017, a period marked by a string of police shootings of Black men. : It also documents the activities of the