About this title
Storyline
This PBS town hall meeting, moderated by PBS NewsHour co-anchor and managing editor Gwen Ifill, will explore the many issues brought into public discourse in the wake of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri. The program was recorded before an audience on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Country: United States
Type: unscripted
Status: Current
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Also Known As: America After Ferguson
Plot Keywords
archive footage
ferguson missouri
police brutality
year 2014
policing
protest
uprising
reference to michael brown
town hall
police repression
racism
racist police
reference to the 1992 los angeles riots
reference to cincinnati
st. louis missouri
riot
police militarization
racial repression
reference to trayvon martin
racial profiling
mass incarceration
structural racism
inopportunity
public policy
social control
race
denial
white fragility
reference to baltimore
distrust
overcriminalization
predatory policing
revenue predation
racial tension
united states of america
2010s
tv special
ferguson uprising
Company Credits
Production Co: Broadcast Management Group
Awards
Awards & Nominations
Image Award 2015
Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding News/Information - (Series or Special)
Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Host in a Talk, Reality, News/Information or Variety Series