The Monopoly on Violence; an absolutely shocking movie about police tyranny in France and the legitimacy of the use of violence by the state. This film consists of harrowing footage of police violence and a set of dialogues between state officials, sympathisers, police officers, activists and victims of police tyranny. The individuals participating in the dialogues discuss various instances of police violence, the legitimacy of the use violence by state and the politicization of police violence. In the end the various topics and footage discussed truly result in an eye-opening experience that gives incredible insight on the deranged mindset of state officials, sympathisers and henchmen.
TRIGGER WARNING: This film contains extremely graphic images of police violence!28th of November | Benefit movie night at Dokhuis, during the Anarchist Book fair for the arrested people at the Woonprotest in Amsterdam!
AGA is organizing a round of movies and documentaries screening during autumn in order to raise money for those repressed by the police during the Woonprotest demo on the 12th of September. On the 28th of November at 16:00, the documentary The Monopoly of Violence will be screened at the Anarchist Book Fair.The documentary is in French with English subtitles.
Suggested donation is 3€.
Address: Dokhuis – Plantage Doklaan 8 – Amsterdam