The struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody.

The silence over the police killings of Black people is now broken. Since 1969, over two thousand people have died at the hands of the police in the UK. Shootings, chokeholds, batons, gassing, suffocation, restraint and brutal beatings are some of the methods used. The numbers of deaths is escalating. Inevitably police officers involved are not convicted for these killings. In this documentary, the families of the victims of police violence demand justice. They ask why society ignores human rights abuses by agents of the state. This reflection on resistance is poignant and political, capturing the brutality and trauma as well as the unrelenting fightback of those who will not be silent about state violence.

“leaves a lasting, shocking impression” Flora Spencer Grant, British Film Institute

"proudly, cussedly uncontainable” Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian

"hopeful in the power of people to resist" Shaun Munro, Flickering Myth

“intimate details give this essay on injustice its power” Kevin Maher, The Times

"fearless, unflinching, but above all compassionate filmmaking" Matthew Anderson, Cine Vue 

"the most important documentary of my professional lifetime” Peter Bradshaw, Chief Film Critic for the Guardian.

Winner Best Documentary - Latitude Awards 2020

Special Jury Award - Queens World Film Festival 2021

Presented in partnership with the Centre for Documentary Research at Queen's University Belfast.