Behind the Power

This film (drama)Also known asPower，is aUnited StatesProducerporn video，At2024Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating0.0(For reference only)。

In America, the police are granted extraordinary power to control people's personal lives. The police decide who is suspicious and who "fits the description." They define threats and determine how to respond. They demand obedience from people, accompanied by constant threats of violence. Real and perceived criminal behavior, as well as threats to social order, are defined by the police, with thousands of such interactions taking place every day in cities and towns. The police make the abstract power of the state concrete. The documentary "Behind the Power" traces the accumulation of wealth, the consolidation of political power, and the nearly unchallenged bipartisan support that has created the police system as we know it. From 18th-century slave patrols to the first publicly funded police departments in the 19th century, and the uprisings of the 1960s and 1920s, this film offers a visceral and immersive journey through the evolution of history. A combination of articles, interviews, and archival collage, "Behind the Power" uses historical material to elucidate our current reality and addresses urgent questions related to the increasingly broad and largely unchecked authority: who is monitored, who is protected, who decides, and why.