Inspired by stories ripped from the headlines, Monsters and Men reimagines the 2014 choking death of Eric Garner in Staten Island at the hands of the police, the fatal shooting of two Brooklyn cops parked in their vehicle, and Colin Kaepernick's silent protest against police brutality. Each scenario unfolds through the perspective of someone close to the event — the witness who filmed the police brutality, the African-American officer concerned about his brothers in blue, and the high-school athlete inspired to take a stand. What's noteworthy, however, is the skill with which the writer-director Reinaldo Marcus Green shapes these real-life elements into a fictional narrative that illuminates the moral complexities of our current socio-political climate.
Release Date: Sept. 28