Independent Lens - What2Watch

A new episode called "Ferguson Rises" examines the turbulent aftermath and extended protests in this suburb of St. Louis, Mo., following the 2014 fatal shooting of Black teenager Michael Brown Jr. by a white police officer. The episode incorporates a variety of interview perspectives from both Black and white Ferguson residents to police officers, business owners and protestors. Those comments are interwoven with a heartbreaking portrait of a grieving father struggling to find purpose in his pain.