Detroit Will Breathe (triptych)

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This triptych contains moving portraits from a film produced as part of a lawsuit against the city of Detroit, filed by protesters after police inflicted horrific violence against them. The original film relied primarily on body camera footage. The three screens in this installation depict protesters one year later, standing fearlessly in spaces where they were brutalized by police, as audio reveals the violence still echoing in their heads and a voice-over narrates why they continue to protest.