Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Fights for Prison Reform in New Docu-Series ‘Resist’

When Patrisse Khan-Cullors spoke to IndieWire, she sounded tired, but that’s hardly surprising.

Life gets busy when you’re the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement: Since its creation in 2013, her activism and life have been the subject of national attention.Recently, however, Cullors decided to join up with French digital media company blackpills to localize her influence in Los Angeles and produce “Resist,” a docu-series on the community’s efforts to thwart a $3.5 billion jail expansion plan.Directed by Tani Ikeda, Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, and Nathalie Johns, the 12-episode series focuses on the Justice L.A.

and Dignity & Power Now campaigns (the latter of which was founded by Cullors) as they protest the proposed jail expansion and call for a reform of the prison system.So far, “Resist” has been well-received, with screenings of the series being held in both Europe and the United States.

“Folks were moved,

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