On Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, days after the Trump administration deployed a large-scale immigration crackdown targeting the area's diasporic Somali community. President Trump's words about the murder - that Good "violently, willfully, and viciously ran over" the officer - differ sharply from video documentation of the event.
Turning her camera to the streets and taking us into artists' studios, the film-maker captures the vibrant creative scene of the city. The turmoil of the protests against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, along with the draconian laws that followed, hangs heavy over every frame. In the midst of political turbulence, art emerges as a powerful, transformative tool of collective resistance.
