The new documentary “Power,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, takes an unflinching look at the origins and expansion of policing across American history. Directed by Yance Ford, the film argues that maintaining social order and control has been the driving force behind policing in the U.S. since its inception.
In an interview with TheWrap’s executive editor Adam Chitwood, Ford explained that the idea for the film emerged after watching the 2020 murder of George Floyd and the police crackdowns on subsequent protests. “I looked at all of us, and I said, ‘What are we doing? What is this for? What are police for?’ And that simple question is what blossomed into the film,” Ford said at TheWrap’s Sundance Portrait and Interview Studio presented by NFP.