What Killed Michael Brown?

What Killed Michael Brown? (2020)

When truth becomes the lie and when the lie becomes truth.

Acclaimed writer, Shelby Steele, has long argued that systemic racism is more a strategy than a truth, and that the universal oppression of black Americans is largely over with. But the 2014 shooting of a black teen, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri by a white policeman shook the nation to its core. During Steele’s investigation of Ferguson, America was once again rocked by the brutal killing of George Floyd. Didn’t these killings, and the long list of others like them, put the lie to Steele’s argument?

Date of release
2020-10-22
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Eli Steele

Casting

Interesting facts

What Killed Michael Brown? is a 2020 documentary film written and narrated by Black conservative author Shelby Steele and directed by his filmmaker son, Eli Steele. The film was released on October 16, 2020.

Production

Steele has opined that there is "poetic truth" concerning the death of Michael Brown. Steele said, "The language—he was 'executed,' he was 'assassinated,' 'hands up, don’t shoot'—it was a stunning example of poetic truth, of the lies that a society can entertain in pursuit of power." Steele additionally said, "In a microcosm, that’s where race relations are today. The truth has no chance. It’s smothered by the politics of victimization."

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