Filmmaker Statement

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a black man, was murdered by a police officer who had his knee on George’s neck for almost nine minutes. The whole world watched a man being killed in real time. It was heartbreaking and it was just one more example of how systemic racism has eaten into the core of not just the US but the western world! That one could find less value in the life of another person and ignore their screams for help, their screams of being unable to breathe, their screams for their mother only to continue kneeling till the man died was not only shocking but also revealing. The trial of the officer responsible for the death of George Floyd has just begun and the world is watching with bated breath for the outcome. As a black person, life can get a bit heavy and one can feel a bit helpless. Art gives us the ability to speak, to express ourselves, an outlet to say, I matter, I am more than my skin and my voice counts.