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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Award-winning filmmakers premiere George Floyd protest documentary
The Brief The World Premiere of 612: Darkness in the Land of Nice screened at Justice Page Middle School on Friday – two days before the 5-year anniversary of Floyd's death. The documentary tells the story of how young adults sparked the world's largest protest after Floyd's murder. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A new documentary tells the story of how young adults sparked the "world's largest protest in modern history" after the murder of George Floyd. What we know The film is titled "612: Darkness in the Land of Nice" and FOX 9's Leon Purvis spoke with the writer, producer, and director of the film – who say they wanted to find out how and why young people came together to make change. One of the people featured in the film is Emma Pederson. She was 22 years old when former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on Floyd's neck five years ago Sunday. "When George Floyd happened to us, it was, frankly, nothing new. I think the circumstances surrounding George Floyd's death, with the pandemic, people being locked inside and everything like that – I think that's really what made it pop off," said Pederson. What they're saying Writer, director and producer Diem Van Groth tells FOX 9 he was just one of the citizens on the street documenting history. Van Groth wasn't planning on making a film, but found it important to see what was going on, and the movement he saw from the younger generation. "It's their courage and their decision. Everybody gets a chance to make history, and the kids and young people in the state of Minnesota, they decided to get up on the street and get themselves some justice," said Van Groth. Van Groth wants everyone to never forget what happened on May 25, 2020, but also find ways to heal. "The film is meant to make sure that the world knows, that tragedy happened in Minnesota, but these are the organizations that are supporting young people to help move Minnesota and the nation forward," said Van Groth. What's next Van Groth says he believes we are better off than we were five years ago, but we're not where we need to be yet.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
'Scary incident' as gel pellets fired from vehicle at Minneapolis middle schoolers
Officials have filed a police report after a "scary incident" outside two Minneapolis schools that saw an individual firing gel pellets at students from the window of a truck. An email sent to parents says the incident happened near Justice Page Middle School and Washburn High School in south Minneapolis Friday morning. Principals Shannon Tenner and Emily Palmer wrote: "We are writing to share that a scary incident happened near our schools this morning before class started. "A young adult drove by a group of Justice Page students and shot Orbeez gel pellets out the window of a truck, hitting multiple Justice Page and Washburn students." The principals say the suspect has been identified and is not a student at either Washburn or Justice Page. They continue to describe a situation in which a vehicle sidles up before someone opens fire from within – even though using a toy gun – as "very alarming." Orbeez makes water-absorbing beads designed to be fired from splat ball guns, and have been known to cause injury when fired close enough. There have also been reports from other parts of the country of the beads being frozen before firing to cause greater injury. "We are relieved that our students are ok," Tenner and Palmer wrote.
