They That Have The Power To Hurt

“This film calls into question that black-and-white thinking inherent in protest - the idea that there is a “bad” side and a “good” side. Whatever you see when you watch it – whether it’s the people fighting for justice against an authoritarian state, or agents of the law attempting to quell violence and chaos – I want to challenge that perspective and ask people if there’s something more to it. Something more nuanced. The last line of this sonnet speaks to that: Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds… at what point does “being on the right side of history” become wrong? ”