Truth and Power, a new docu-series premiering this Friday (Jan. 22) on Pivot Television, will provide a detailed look at the genesis of #BlackLivesMatter, its growth into a groundswell political movement, and its ongoing and possibly extralegal surveillance and disruption by state and federal authorities.
Using documents previously uncovered by the US Freedom of Information Act; exclusive interviews with the movement’s co-creators, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors; frontline organizers Ashley Yates and Mica Grimm; and expert commentary from Jamilah Lemieux and Kimberle Crenshaw; “Truth and Power” provides a comprehensive and visually arresting account of this 21st century Civil rights movement.
Truth and Power is executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Brian Knappenberger (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz) and narrated by Oscar-nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Truth and Power will premiere on Friday, Jan. 22 at 9 p.m. CST on Pivot , Participant Media’s television network. For more information, and channel, visit http://www.pivot.tv/
