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Mar 17, 2013 · First time director Erik Ljung’s documentary The Blood Is at the Doorstep, which was recently shown at the New York Human Rights Film Festival — humanistically captures a family’s...
An expose of police violence against a mentally ill black man in Milwaukee. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. The Blood Is at the Doorstep is being presented as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York City. Visit the official site for other cities and dates.
Credit: Courtesy of The Blood is at The Doorstep. NFS: I understand you were editing from 400 hours of footage? Ljung: There's probably more than that. I mean, my editor was quoting me at 400 hours maybe eight months ago. We might be at 500. I think we have two 8 terabytes and one 6-terabyte of footage, and then we have it backed up three times.
Nov 18, 1990 · Jenny Erpenbeck’s “ Kairos ,” a novel about a torrid love affair in the final years of East Germany, won the International Booker Prize, the renowned award for fiction translated into ...
A film like The Blood Is at the Doorstep might help change the conversation by humanizing the victims and highlighting how an issue of civil rights for one group has the potential to become an issue of safety for the larger society. At times, it’s every bit as intense as recent movies such as LA 92—and every bit as essential to see now.
Mar 23, 2017 · Directed by: Erik Ljung Produced by: Erik Ljung Executive Produced by: Barry Poltermann Cinematography by: Erik Ljung, Daniel Thomas Peters Edited by: Michael T. Vollmann Official Selection of the 2017 SXSW Film Festival ***** Angry, uncompromising, and politically unashamed, The Blood Is At The Doorstep represents the most forceful of a recent wave of nonfiction films dealing with…
This explosive documentary takes a behind the scenes look at one of America’s most pressing human rights struggles, and asks the audience: what would you do, if this violence found its way to your...
