The documentary will take an in-depth look into the history of encounters between police and communities of color; chronicle the journey of the victims’ families as they take on the effort to combat police brutality; provide commentary from thought leaders about the policies and tactics enacted by law enforcement; and debate the politics of our country regarding the use of deadly force by law enforcement.

USE OF FORCE includes interviews with an unprecedented cross-section of political leaders, activists, victims’ families, law enforcement and prosecutors:

• Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Advisor to Former President Barack Obama
• John Choi, County Attorney (Ramsey County, MN) and prosecuting attorney in the Philando Castile case
• Valerie Bell, Mother of Sean Bell, killed by NYPD
• Alicia Garza, Principal at Black Futures Lab, Co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the co-founder of Supermajority
• Jonathan Parham, Former Police Chief (Linden, NJ)
• George Hofstetter, University Innovation Fellow at Stanford Fellow and founder of George Hofstetter Technologies
• Glenn Kirschner, Former Federal Prosecutor and MSNBC Legal Analyst
• Roy Austin, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General under former President Barack Obama
• Jacquelyn Carter, Executive Director of the Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops
• Sean LaJacono, Former Washington MPD Officer
• Adanté Pointer, Civil Rights Attorney (Oscar Grant, Willie McCoy)
• “Pastor Mike” McBride, Director of Urban Strategies and LIVE FREE Campaign with Faith in Action, co-founder of Black Church PAC and the National Black Brown Gun Violence Prevention Consortium, Advisor on former President Obama’s Faith Based Advisory Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

• Dr. Taft Quincey Heatley, Lead Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church (Alexandria, VA)

• Frank Baumgartner, Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, founding member of the Board of Directors of Healing Justice and author of “Suspect Citizens.”

USE OF FORCE is executive produced by NFL All-Pro Defensive End Calais Campbell, Cary Grant, Lathan Hodge, Esteban Martin, Andreas Olavarria, and co-produced by Chuck D.