Sundance: ‘Emergency’
The very legitimate fear that people of color feel when faced with the potential of confronting police has been featured in numerous films recently, both in documentary and narrative formats. In many cases, it’s a harrowing tale featuring brash reactions by law enforcement that assume the worst and end up needlessly harming those who weren’t doing anything wrong in the first place. The characters in the comedic Emergency know these truths and set out to do everything possible to avoid a tragic fate, which leads to wild hijinks…