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De-escalate (2020)
Short | 8 min | Documentary, Short

De-escalate (2020)

Short | 8 min | Documentary, Short

"De-escalate" presents a first-person experience with mental crises and police escalated violence. Writer and spoken word artist Michelle Hillyard shares her personal experience through slam poetry. The first-person perspective humanizes ...See more"De-escalate" presents a first-person experience with mental crises and police escalated violence. Writer and spoken word artist Michelle Hillyard shares her personal experience through slam poetry. The first-person perspective humanizes this issue that is often defined by statistics and news reports. It reduces misconceptions about mental illness and inspires viewers to think about their own feelings and thoughts about the subject. The film's striking visual style blends animation and a live action slam poetry performance to show the multifaceted flash points between stigma and fear. It illuminates widespread biases and beliefs that lead people to interpret mental and emotional crisis as a criminal or threatening behavior. The film balances the issue of escalated violence by raising awareness of the challenges faced by police and other first-responders and encourages viewers to think of alternate services when seeking help. See less

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