Police Beat
– Z (Pape Sidy Niang), a Seattle bicycle cop, tries to make sense of the world while patrolling the ci..
Z (Pape Sidy Niang), a Seattle bicycle cop, tries to make sense of the world while patrolling the city streets but can't focus on his job because he's so preoccupied with suspicions that his girlfriend is cheating on him. Director Robinson Devor paints a compelling picture of immigrant life, as the West African Z attempts to interpret American culture through his experience as a newcomer to the country.
08 Sep 2006
English, Wolof
Robinson Devor
Robinson Devor, Charles Mudede
Pape Sidy Niang, Allan Armstrong, Eric Breedlove, Ingrid Sanai Buron
Police Beat is a highly unconventional crime film in which the protagonist Z is so preoccupied with his possibly unfaithful girlfriend that he never once acknowledges criminal world that swirls around him. The crimes Z encounters become mirrors of the his turbulent inner state, allowing him to philosophize about his unstable romantic relationship as well as his own development as an emotional being. While Z's regular interactions are in English, his thoughts the film's 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 protagonist's socio-economic difficulties than on his emotional responses to American life.
6 wins & 5 nominations.
Northwest Film Forum