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Traffic Stop

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A 26-year-old teacher from Austin, Texas, is violently arrested during a routine traffic stop.
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Jude Dry IndieWire 02/23/2018
A-
[Kate] Davis has created a deeply moving portrait of a woman whose life is turned upside down by callous police brutality and racism. Go to Full Review
Brian Lowry CNN.com 02/22/2018
This feels like the opening act of a feature-length film that would provide greater context, and more closure. Go to Full Review
Hank Stuever Washington Post 02/16/2018
... an upsetting yet faintly hopeful documentary... Go to Full Review
John Lui The Straits Times (Singapore) 07/25/2018
4/5
Infuriating and heartbreaking. Go to Full Review
MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher 03/05/2018
3.5/5
The assault to which King is subjected is shocking, brutal, obviously entirely unjustified, and difficult to watch... and yet watching is essential... Go to Full Review
Dan Lybarger Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 02/23/2018
4.5/5
[Kate] Davis avoids making a shallow diatribe from its volatile subject. Go to Full Review
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10/10/2020 An Oscar-nominated documentary short that’s even more timely in 2020. Not as in depth as I would’ve liked (it is a half hour short), but still raises a lot of questions about police brutality and race relations. See more 07/15/2020 This documentary drives me crazy. She was completely in the wrong and to paint her a victim is insane to me. I'm a white male and if I'd done what she did I would have been treated the same. I resisted arrest once and (spoiler alert) I got slammed to the ground. There was no racism here. Just a drama queen. She does seem to be a wonderful teacher, though! I'm all for defunding the police, but this doc is bull. See more 05/21/2020 The world watches and says: “yep, no doubt she’s clearly a pain in the ass and clearly resisting arrest”.... All the critics commending her obviously bad behaviors, and suggesting racial motives, should be ashamed of themselves. The WORST part is that this woman is a teacher—likely filling her students’ heads with her unjustified grievance nonsense. See more 05/28/2019 This is a total propaganda film to gather more sympathy for her (just) cause. She was definitely mistreated and abused by Officer Richter (who has since been fired after he stepped on someone's face during an arrest). Since the film came out, Breaion reached a settlement with the city for $425,000. Everything else is back to normal in her life. The thing I didn't like about the video is that it's totally one-sided and doesn't at all address her actions/statements during the arrest. See more 03/01/2019 This portrays her as a victim. If she would have complied with the officers request to put her legs in the car so the door could be closed. This story would have been a non starter. This is a sad attempt to keep racism alive in this country. See more 01/09/2019 What happened to her was wrong, but she does not make for a very sympathetic documentary subject. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A 26-year-old teacher from Austin, Texas, is violently arrested during a routine traffic stop.
Director
Kate Davis, David Heilbroner
Producer
David Heilbroner
Production Co
Q-Ball Productions
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 21, 2018
Runtime
30m
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