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The throwaways / a film by Bhawin Suchak & Ira McKinley ; produced and directed by Ira McKinley, Bhawin Suchak ; co-produced by Adele Pham, Messiah Rhodes.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McKinley, Ira (Filmmaker).
- McKinley, Ira.
- Crime and race--United States.
- Crime and race.
- Poor--United States.
- Poor.
- Police brutality--United States.
- Police brutality.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- African American homeless persons.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Imprisonment--Social aspects--United States.
- Imprisonment.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (62 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 2014.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- THE THROWAWAYS is a personal exploration of the devastating impact of police brutality and mass incarceration on the black community, told through the eyes of formerly incarcerated activist Ira McKinley. With a raw and powerful urgency, the film speaks directly to the national movement that is rising up and fighting back against a wave of police killings of black people in America.THE THROWAWAYS, winner of Best Documentary Award at the Long Beach Indie Film Festival and the New York Hi-Light Award at the Harlem International Film Festival, is the story of homeless filmmaker and ex-felon, Ira McKinley, documenting his struggle to bring positive changes to his community in inner-city Albany, NY. As he strives to get his voice heard and capture the stories of people living on the margins, McKinley confronts the unavoidable stories of his past and battles against the stigma of being formerly incarcerated. Guided by this personal narrative of survival, THE THROWAWAYS is a timely and provocative look at the impact of mass incarceration and police brutality on black males in America. More than an illumination of marginalized people at their weakest moments; this film is a call to action, a story of directly engaging in the fight for justice.
- Participant:
- Michelle Alexander (interviewee).
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 23, 2020).
- Best documentary Award, Long Beach Indie Film Festival
- New York Hi-Light Ward at the Harlem International Film Festival
- OCLC:
- 1200165509
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