“This film requires curiosity—or at least suspicion,” whispers the opening lines of Yance Ford’s Sundance documentary “Power” from behind a dense black nothingness overtaking the screen. “I’ll leave that up to you.” With that plea, the world of Ford’s striking and necessary film explodes like a bomb, infecting those in its path with harrowing realities they can never un-know.
The film is utterly singular to American design—as is the policing system in question—and a masterclass in effective documentary work that exists solely to deliver an impalpable truth.
The foundation for a film as compelling as this one comes from the structure of the narrative.
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