Power (2024 film)
{{short description|2024 American documentary film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Power
| image =
| alt =
| caption = Official poster
| director = Yance Ford
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Yance Ford
- Sweta Vohra
- Jess Devaney
- Netsanet Negussie
}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Yance Ford
- Ian Olds
}}
| starring =
| music = Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
| cinematography = Julia Liu
| editing = Ian Olds
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
- Multitude Films
- Story Syndicate
- Corvidae Media
}}
| distributor = Netflix
| released = {{Film date|2024|1|18|Sundance|2024|5|10|United States}}
| runtime = 85 minutes{{cite web|url=https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/656a0c00fac9f489e3c04a68|title=Power|website=Sundance Film Festival|access-date=April 22, 2024}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Power is a 2024 American documentary film, written, directed, and produced by Yance Ford. It explores the scope and scale of the American police over hundreds of years.
It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024, and was released in a limited release on May 10, 2024, prior to streaming on Netflix on May 17, 2024.
Premise
Explores the scope and scale of the American police over hundreds of years. Tracing the money, political power, and bipartisan support that has created modern policing.{{cite web|url=https://www.powerthefilm.com/screenings-1|title=Power: About|website=Power the Film|access-date=April 22, 2024}}
Release
It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/2024-sundance-film-festival-lineup-movies-1235652869/|title=Sundance Unveils Packed 2024 Lineup That Includes A.I., Pedro Pascal, Kristen Stewart, Satan, Devo & Steven Yeun|website=Deadline Hollywood|first1=Anthony|last1=D'Alessandro|first2=Dominic|last2=Patten|date=December 6, 2023|access-date=April 22, 2024}} It also screened at CPH:DOX on March 18, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://cphdox.dk/film/power/|title=Power|website=CPH:DOX|access-date=April 22, 2024}} It also screened at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on May 1, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2024/power|title=Power|website=Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival|access-date=April 22, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://povmagazine.com/hot-docs-highlights-the-sundance-docs-coming-to-toronto/|title=Hot Docs Highlights: The Sundance Docs Coming to Toronto|website=POV Magazine|first=Pat|last=Mullen|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 22, 2024}} It was released in a limited release on May 10, 2024, prior to streaming on Netflix on May 17, 2024.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/power-documentary-trailer-netflix-1235008407/|title='Power' Documentary Trailer Traces the History of Policing in the U.S.|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Kalia|last=Richardson|date=April 22, 2024|access-date=April 22, 2024}}
Reception
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|81|7.1|31|access-date=May 19, 2024|ref=y}} On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 72 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{Cite web |title=Power |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/power-2024/ |access-date=May 19, 2024 |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom, Inc.}}
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