Program 7 Power and Policing
Cicero March
- 1968 / B&W / 16mm / 8 min
Photography: Mike Gray, Mike Shea
Editor: Jay Litvin
Production Company: Film Group
Source: Chicago Film Archives
The Film Group collective of Chicago shot this Civil Rights protest against housing discrimination. The police struggle to protect the marchers. The film was made as educational material for high schools.
Law and Order
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1969 / B&W / 16mm / 81 min
Director, Editing, Sound: Frederick Wiseman
Photography: William Brayne
Source: Community Cinema Center
Wiseman’s films are about the subtle viciousness of institutions, but here he directly depicts bodily violence as well. While critical, the film ultimately takes an ambivalent stance regarding police work.
Chiefs
- 1968 / Color / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 18 min
Directors: Richard Leacock, Noel E. Parmentel Jr.
Source: Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Filmed in the wake of the Chicago Democratic Convention police riot, Leacock records a convention of several hundred police chiefs in Honolulu. The film is by turns amusing and terrifying.