Ultraviolence, 2020. Directed by Ken Fero. SYNOPSIS: A very timely and powerful look at cases of deaths in police custody in the UK. In 2001, documentary filmmaker Ken Fero unveiled his ground-breaking, controversial movie Injustice, which told numerous stories of deaths in police custody in Britain. Almost two decades later, he’s returning to the subject […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Ultraviolence
Ultraviolence, 2020. Written and directed by Ken Fero. SYNOPSIS: Since 1969, there have been over 2000 deaths in police custody in the UK. It is a frightening statistic that Ken Fero approaches with seasoned conviction. Ultraviolence employs unflinching archival footage to document the tragic and undignified deaths that took place between 1995 and 2005. Ken Fero’s […]
