THE BLOOD IS AT THE DOORSTEP

Director: Erik Ljung
Producer: Erik Ljung

2017 | 91 mins | USA
Languages: English
Subtitles: English

On April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by a Milwaukee police officer responding to a wellness check in Red Arrow Park.

Filmed over the course of three years in the direct aftermath of Dontre’s death, this intimate verite documentary follows his family as they channel their grief into community organizing in an attempt to reset the narrative. Offering a painfully realistic glimpse inside a movement born out of tragedy in what the Hollywood Reporter calls “An urgent report from the front lines of an American crisis.”

FESTIVALS & AWARDS
Best Editing, SIMA 2018
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL – SAN DIEGO, 2018
ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2017
RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS FILM FESTIVAL, 2017
INDIE MEMPHIS FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING 2/2