Ferguson Rises

About Ferguson Rises

Before George Floyd, before Breonna Taylor, before America knew about Black Lives Matter, there was Michael Brown, Jr. On August 9th, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed Brown.

Ferguson Rises (2021) is a documentary film directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu.

Released in June 2021, it runs 82 minutes.

Members will find police brutality, civil rights, and black lives matter in it. It streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel in the United States.

Malcolm X, Rendition, and Two Distant Strangers make useful companions to Ferguson Rises.