Local Sightings 2025 Opening Night: Police Beat 20th Anniversary Screening
Northwest Film Forum
Seattle, WA
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Aug 19, 2025 12:00 AM |
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Sep. 20 at 3:30pm
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 Member
** About this film: **
** Director Robinson Devor and writer Charles Mudede in attendance! **
(Robinson Devor, US, 2005, 80 min, in English and Wolof with English subtitles)
Police Beat presents a unique protagonist in the post-9/11 world: a morally upright, Republican Muslim police officer. The film follows an African-born Seattle bicycle cop (Z) on his beat for seven days and six nights, covering more than forty crimes, all of which are based on actual Seattle police reports. Starring as Z is Pape S. Niang, a non-actor and former member of the Senegalese Olympic soccer team.
In this highly unconventional crime film, the protagonist is so preoccupied with his (possibly) unfaithful girlfriend that he never once acknowledges the criminal world that swirls around him. The crimes Z encounters become mirrors of his turbulent inner state, as he philosophizes about his unstable romantic relationship. While Zs regular interactions are in English, his thoughts the films narration are in his native Wolof, the primary language of West Africa. In this way, Police Beat is an unusual portrait of an immigrant new to the United States that focuses less on the protagonists socio-economic difficulties than on his emotional responses to American life.
Despite a relatively low budget, the film features gorgeous 35mm-scope cinematography from DP Sean Kirby, and manages to incorporate nearly one hundred different locations from the greater Seattle area and Pacific Northwest. This ambitious films cast and crew were entirely made up of local talent; Police Beat is also the first NWFF production to play at Sundance.
Praise for Police Beat:
Sensationally beautiful! Todd McCarthy, Variety
Emotionally devastating! Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The most original film in [Sundance] competition. Dennis Lim, Village Voice |
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Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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| Start: | Friday Sep 19, 2025 7:00 PM | | End: | Friday Sep 19, 2025 9:00 PM |
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Accessibility
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Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forums ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21 wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19 wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at rajah@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.
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