Thanks to social media the Black Liver Matter movement grew quickly this past year. As a result of racism and excessive violence by the police many protests were held and in some places this resulted in changes being made to the police force (like introducing body cameras). But it’s an issue that unfortunately still has not disappeared. This Netflix documentary not only looks at these events, but takes a much wider view about how the prison population has grown so quickly during the past decennia (25% of all prisoners in the world are American) and why such a high relative percentage consists of Afro-Americans. Continue reading →