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Centers on one of the most viral videos of our time: George Floyd’s murder, seen 1.4 billion times in 12 days, sparking protests in over 2,000 cities worldwide. With exclusive access to Darnella Frazier and others like Diamond Reynolds, who livestreamed Philando Castile’s killing, the film reveals how social platforms and corporations profit from viral Black trauma, while survivors endure lasting psychological and physical danger.
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00:00I had no idea what I was about to witness.
00:03As we're approaching the store, I'm hearing cries.
00:07Mama! Mama!
00:09It really seems like something is truly wrong.
00:12It was a black man on the ground.
00:17I pulled my phone out.
00:19Was that a murder?
00:20Like, did they actually kill George Floyd?
00:22As soon as I posted, it blew up.
00:25She wielded probably the most powerful weapon available to her.
00:30Journalism.
00:35Why are we being pulled over?
00:37I do have a firearm on me.
00:39Okay, don't pull it off.
00:40I'm not pulling it off.
00:41Don't pull it off.
00:42Oh, my goodness, get my voice off!
00:46People are tuning in to various channels.
00:51Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram.
00:54Negative content, police shootings, gun violence.
00:57Millions of dollars are made off of that.
00:58I didn't have enough storage, so I recorded on a live stream through Facebook.
01:04When they had me get out the car with my hands up and I was stepping backwards, the live stream
01:09was still going.
01:10It was that act that made Facebook Live something that the world even knew existed.
01:17This idea of more eyeballs, more money, we end up in a really bad place.
01:21I'm getting told I should have done more, and then I'm getting told to kill myself, and then I'm getting
01:25told I'm going to kill you.
01:26And a lot of the black witnesses who have produced footage to contradict what police said often face incredible risks.
01:33It really hit me when I looked and seen all those guns.
01:38Name his name!
01:39Orlando Castile!
01:41I constantly see that clip be replayed.
01:44Things that I don't want to keep reliving.
01:47All type of shit!
01:48I don't want to see that!
01:53You don't get to unsee what you saw.
01:56You don't get to unsee where we got away.
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