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This thoughtful yet charged documentary short looks at the history of people murdered by the Columbus Police Department—many young, mostly Black—without accompanying charges.
They Won’t Call It Murder spotlights the testimonies and resistance strategies of the mothers, sisters, and grandmothers of four Columbus residents killed by CPD officers: Henry Green, Tyré King, Donna Dalton, and Julius Tate. The film follows these survivors as they struggle to find justice within the very system that’s responsible for the loss of their loved ones. The project was made by a team predominantly from Ohio. It was codirected by educator and curator Ingrid Raphaël and journalist Melissa Gira Grant, whose reporting on Columbus vice police informed the film. It was coproduced by Ruun Nuur and Chase Whiteside (whose award-winning América was featured in Unorthodocs 2018). Raphaël and Nuur are the cofounders of NO EVIL EYE CINEMA, an innovative microcinema that has presented events at the Wex. (20 mins., digital video)
After the screening, stay for a conversation with the directors and Ms. Adrienne Hood, Ms. Derrea King, Malika King, and Jamita Malone, community and family members featured in the film. The talk is moderated by Dr. Treva Lindsey, associate professor in Ohio State’s Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
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Past Film/Video
They Won't Call It Murder
