Reimagining Safety

This documentary has opened my eyes to what is possible. The criminal justice system causes so much damage and generational harm in our communities. It often feels hopeless, but there are solutions. I recommend this film to everyone who cares about justice and freedom. You will learn something. You will be inspired. Please watch it and spread the word.

What I enjoyed most were the different perspectives presented in each interview. Though I ddon't fully agree with all that was said, it gave me so much to think about. And that is the point of any great documentary. It has changed my perspective forever.

This documentary was impactful, poignant and thought provoking at the same time. For those who have a pulse on the events unfolding in American society today, they will be able to clearly see the illnesses that are taking hold in the America today. For decades, what plagues marginalized communities have been seen as a fringe issues, when marginalized communities are what make America what it is today. The culture and its beauty is created from these citizens of American society. The core rot in the society lies in the systems and its structures that try to suppress these communities. This documentary captures all sides perfectly revealing how despite it all, these communities find ways to survive and thrive. The insights offered throughout this documentary are invaluable and deeply insightful. If anyone wants to see a better society, one where community building and collective camaraderie are part of the core of the society, they must see this movie. I highly recommend it.

This is an engaging exploration of the dynamics involved in creating safer communities. The interviews provide an excellent framing of contemporary conversations on defunding the police outside the spin that is so prevalent in media representations of the topic. The documentary provides complex and nuanced understandings of abolition. The insights offered allow viewers to imagine personal next steps as well as how to respond to misinformed critiques of abolition. You might want to add this to your watch list so you could come back to it again and again. I believe it will change your thinking on what abolition is and how we might get there.

But we knew that. This film highlights some of the lesser known facts about the way the system is designed to fail our most vulnerable citizens. I'm glad I got to know where some of our elected officials stand on this issue so that it will be an easier choice to make, come election time. We as a nation need to get more involved as citizens and work towards a better system for all. Leaving it up to the politicians is not going to bring about the systemic change that our country desperately needs. The big takeaway for me is that we need to organize...more grassroots movements. We need to challenge the system at every level. Watching this film is one of the steps in politics literacy that should be a compulsory watch for all those yearning for change.

If there could be one word to describe this documentary it would be: "watch". This is a poignant call to action that not only showcases America's issues with racism that have formed our current criminal justice system, but highlights where to go from here. This is a must-watch and also a must-share. Solomon's choice of interviews cross the entire spectrum, and leave no stone unturned. I truly believe that there is so much useful information and so many important conversations in this documentary that you could take notes and still watch it twice. There are some moments that are hard to watch, truths that are hard to face, but they are necessary to continue to reeducate ourselves to change our collective future for the better.