A City in the Forest (feature doc in production)
When a private police foundation in Atlanta tries to raze an urban forest to build the country’s largest police training facility, a diverse, decentralized, and intersectional movement defends the forest from what they call “Cop City.” A City in the Forest paints a collective portrait of the country’s most urgent social justice story, where a web of activists fight back against environmental racism, political corruption, police violence, and the criminalization of dissent.
SUPPORT FROM:
2024: Ford Foundation JustFilms Production Grant, Scottish Documentary Institute Edinburgh Pitch, Center for Independent Documentary Kopkind Seminar
2023: Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant, MountainFilm Commitment Grant, Yale Law School DocProject, Freedom of the Press Foundation