The Grid 360: Protest at Chicago Police Headquarters
On April 28th, 2015 hundreds of Chicagoans attended a protest at Chicago Police Headquarters, in solidarity with groups in Baltimore protesting the death of Freddie Gray. Hear the concerns and feelings about the police from the attendees, who ranged from Bronzeville military academy high school students to teachers, and from marxists to young professionals, and see in 360 video the conduct of the Chicago Police as they exert physical force against a group of protesters. Read more at: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150...
This 360 video - shot with a 6 go-pro rig with footage stitched together using autopano software - is part of a series profiling Chicago businesses, subcultures and landscapes - http://www.gapersblock.com/thegrid. These short, immersive documentaries aspire to be art cinema, ethnographies, and experiments in form.
Kiyomi Mino (producer, camera, audio, editor) is an undergraduate at Bowdoin College, and an emerging documentary filmmaker. Ben Kolak (producer) is a Chicago-based documentary filmmaker and principal at http://www.scrappersfilmgroup.com Akemi Hong (graphics) is principal at http://www.studioakemi.com