Sunday was the last day of the TriBeCa Film Festival, and of course, I went to see another movie. On the ticket, "Audience Award Winner" was printed, and I'm thankful that it wasn't one of the movies that I had seen already. Fittingly, since it was mother's day, the award went to Every Mother's Son, a movie about three mothers in New York City. Iris Baez, Kadiatou Diallo, and Doris Busch-Boskey are three women whose sons were killed by police officers in the NYPD. The women have since bonded and have attempted to use their losses to reform police methods nationwide. It was a touching movie to watch on mother's day, but a pretty negative view of the police department. Each of their sons, Anthony Baez, Amadou Diallo, and Gideon Busch, were killed by police officers in situations where a questionable amount of force was used.

Although the movie was very good, I'm not sure it was the best way to end a week at the film festival. Over the week, I went to five screenings: Beyond Manhattan, Zatoichi, Brotherhood, Crazy Legs Conti, and Every Mother's Son. The movies varied quite a bit, but each one was good. I have no complaints about the movies that I saw. I liked that each one, except Zatoichi, had something to do with New York, something the programmers clearly tried to highlight. It would be remiss of me not to point out an article from The Times about the film festival and how it still lacks prestige.

- TriBeCa Film Festival listing for "Every Mother's Son"
- WBAI: "Film Challenges Police Brutality"
- All entries on the film festival

Update:
- Gothamist on the award winners and Every Mother's Son

Posted by tien mao in Movies at 7:40 AM