This is [Not] Who We Are

DocuWest presents a special screening of the film that earned the 2022 Audience Choice as best film of the Boulder International Film Festival.

This is [Not] Who We Are is a documentary film exploring the gap between Boulder, Colorado’s progressive self-image and the lived experiences of its small but resilient Black community. Its throughline is the story of Zayd Atkinson, a university student who was performing his work study job cleaning up the grounds of his dorm when he was threatened by a police officer and, soon, by eight officers with guns drawn. He lived to tell the story many Black men don't survive to tell.

Credits:

Director: Beret E. Strong, Katrina Miller

Producer: Beret E. Strong, Katrina Miller

Editor: John Tweedy

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