REVIEWS
“Unlike the dozens of films out there documenting the most recent wave of racist state violence, Kathleen Foster’s “Profiled” is neither tragedy nor spectacle. It is inspirational. The mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, teachers, students, artists, neighbors, and organizers who tell their stories share a single message: mourn and organize, unite and fight. This stops today.”
Robin D.G. Kelley, PhD, Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History, University of California at Los Angeles
“Our student body was extremely empowered by PROFILED. The film inspired such a progressively healing conversation on our campus.”
Jazmine Kendrick, President, Black Law Students Association, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, LI
“The film is a powerful presentation of the pain and disappointment felt by families that have been touched by police violence . . .and is another link in a chain that might be used to pull us from the abyss of inhumanity (represented by police violence) that we’ve been grappling with for soooo long.”
Dr. Delores Jones-Brown, Professor, Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.
“My favorite aspect of the film is that it centers the narrative around the families of those who have been murdered by police. It’s the perspective that gets lost within all the media tirades.”
Joel Diaz, Education Associate, Schomburg Center
“Set in current day, following the deaths of Shantel Davis, Eric Garner, and numerous individuals dying in interactions with police, this thought-provoking film shows the continued stark disparities in our racial justice system, particularly against African Americans and Latinos. The documentary shows that the issue is not a new one; rather it aims to keep our attention trained on it so that we may create solutions.”
Helen Yuen,
Director of Marketing
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, Baltimore
“Profiled is a powerful documentary and a crucial contribution to the discussion of race and racism in America – both in terms of its economic and ideological impact. There are two features that I find most compelling in this documentary. First, it gives a voice to the family, friends, and community members of the Young men and women who have been killed by the police. Second, it provides interviews and evidence of the roots and importance of racism in American history from the beginning as a specific strategy of power elites to keep the American working-class divided by race to weaken their ability to improve the lives of themselves and their children.”
Pat Keeton
Professor of Communication Arts
Ramapo College of New Jersey
“Excellent! A very real film showing statistics and accurate data of how our families were brutalized then, during our ancestors’ time and now! This has to stop! We are more than hashtags and body bags!”
Tawanda Jones, community activist, Baltimore. Sister of Tyrone West who died in police custody 2013.
Jones has been recognized by the local branch of the NAACP and Johns Hopkins University for her dedication to social justice.
“Kathleen Foster’s superb documentary is part anthropology, part history and completely on message for here and NOW. The film’s topic is extraordinarily relevant as racial profiling has certainly become the center of explosive controversy in media and society. A must see !
Berkshire Human Rights Speaker Series 2016 – BLACK LIVES MATTER — PROFILED, screened for International Women’s Day 2016.
Ricky Bernstein -Series coordinator.
“We showed a portion of the film to a group of about 60 young adults as part of a speaker series we run in the school library. After the forum, I had several students come up to me asking when they could see the whole film as they were so intrigued by the clip they had viewed. This is the sign of a good film, when the audience is left wanting more.”
Kara Staunton-Shron, Librarian,
Monument Mountain Regional High School, MA