ABOUT THE CO-DIRECTORS
Portland-based media artists Jodi Darby, Julie Perini and Erin Yanke are inspired by radical anti-authoritarian, anti-racist movements of the past and they are dedicated to engaging with and documenting current social movements. Their work covers the spectrum of film, video, installation, radio, web, music, and photography. Always excited to challenge traditional forms, they are committed to a fluid, non-hierarchical creative process that involves the sharing of skills and production roles. When not collaborating, Jodi Darby works as a youth media educator and filmmaker, Julie Perini is an Associate Professor of Art at Portland State University and Erin Yanke is the Program Manager of Outside the Frame. Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon is their first feature film.
CO-DIRECTORS' STATEMENT
Portland is like other cities in the United States with its problem of police brutality, yet, it has a unique history of racial exclusion and white supremacy. As long-term residents of Portland, we witnessed the cycle of police violence, community response, and repeated lack of accountability on the part of the police bureau and the city. Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland Oregon is a collection of stories providing a broad historical perspective illustrating this pattern.
This film comes out of a multi-racial, intergenerational social movement in Portland. It represents many voices who have been struggling on the front lines of police reform and abolition from the 1960s to the present. Arresting Power features the true experts: parents who have lost children to police violence, people who have been victims of unjustified police beatings and intimidation themselves, and community organizers working in a grassroots manner to build community power and make change in the city.
We believe our film is a powerful tool for encouraging dialogue and changing consciousness. Our film inspires viewers to think critically about safety in their own communities and begin to imagine a world without police.
Portland-based media artists Jodi Darby, Julie Perini and Erin Yanke are inspired by radical anti-authoritarian, anti-racist movements of the past and they are dedicated to engaging with and documenting current social movements. Their work covers the spectrum of film, video, installation, radio, web, music, and photography. Always excited to challenge traditional forms, they are committed to a fluid, non-hierarchical creative process that involves the sharing of skills and production roles. When not collaborating, Jodi Darby works as a youth media educator and filmmaker, Julie Perini is an Associate Professor of Art at Portland State University and Erin Yanke is the Program Manager of Outside the Frame. Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, Oregon is their first feature film.
CO-DIRECTORS' STATEMENT
Portland is like other cities in the United States with its problem of police brutality, yet, it has a unique history of racial exclusion and white supremacy. As long-term residents of Portland, we witnessed the cycle of police violence, community response, and repeated lack of accountability on the part of the police bureau and the city. Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland Oregon is a collection of stories providing a broad historical perspective illustrating this pattern.
This film comes out of a multi-racial, intergenerational social movement in Portland. It represents many voices who have been struggling on the front lines of police reform and abolition from the 1960s to the present. Arresting Power features the true experts: parents who have lost children to police violence, people who have been victims of unjustified police beatings and intimidation themselves, and community organizers working in a grassroots manner to build community power and make change in the city.
We believe our film is a powerful tool for encouraging dialogue and changing consciousness. Our film inspires viewers to think critically about safety in their own communities and begin to imagine a world without police.
