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HIFF “Peace Officer”
The Hamptons International Film Festival presented the documentary "Peace Officer" as the final film in the SummerDocs Series/ talkback hosted by Alec Baldwin at Guild Hall.
The Hamptons International Film Festival presented the documentary "Peace Officer" as the final film in the SummerDocs Series/ talkback hosted by Alec Baldwin at Guild Hall.
PEACE OFFICER, an amazingly timely film by Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson addresses concerns over our country’s recent controversies surrounding police force, ended the Hamptons International Film Festival 7th Annual Summer Doc Series. The film is about the increasingly militarized state of our American police system as told by William "Dub" Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his state’s first rural SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of the truth of his mission, Dub uses his own investigative skills to uncover the facts in this and other recent officer involved shootings in his community. The film looks a the looming questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide with an alarmingly increasing volume of SWAT team mission into vast numbers.. PEACE OFFICER debuted at SXSW and won the grand jury prize and documentary audience award. A lively party hosted by Mary Jane & Charles Brock’s at the village home on Main Street preceded the screening.
Writers/Directors “Peace Officer” Scott Christopherson and Brad BarberDirector/Writer “Peace Officer” Scott ChristophersonAlec & Hilaria BaldwinMagician Mark Mitton, ALec BaldwinStuart Match Suna, David Nugent, Anne Chaisson, Alec BaldwinWriter/Director “Peace Officer” Brad BarberDavid Nugent, Mark Mitton
Hilaria Baldwin, Executive Director HIFF Anne ChaissonExecutive Directors Ruth Appelhof and Anne ChaissonThe Writers and Directors of “Peace Officer” Scott Christopherson and Brad BarberWhitney & Scott ChristophersonLloyd Kaufman, Stuart Match Suna, Pat Swinney, Dave LawrenceMagician Mark Mitton, HIFF Events Coordinator Ellen AshenfarbDave Lawrence, David Nugent, Scott Christopherson, “Dub” Lawrence, Anne Chaisson, Brad Barber, Alec Baldwin, Stuart Match SunaDirector/Writer “Peace Officer” Scott Christopherson, William J, Dub, Director “Peace Officer” Brad Barber, Alec BaldwinArtist Dorothy Frankel, Executive Director HIFF Anne Chaison, Frederic Rambaud, Animal Rights Activist Zelda PenzelHosts Charles & Mary Jane Brock, Pat Swinney, Lloyd KaufmanRenee & Richard Steinberg, Hilaria Baldwin, Mary Jane BrockGary Adamek, Executive Director Guild Hall Ruth Appelhof