Driving While Black

A dark comedy looking at the effect of racial profiling and police brutality on the mental psyche of minorities in its Los Angeles setting has never felt like a more relevant piece of art, with the revolt in Baltimore and the police-inflicted murders occurring in Ferguson and Staten Island. Whereas most movies come to their own opinions on this American dilemma at a much more morbid and somber note, Purdy and director Paul Sapiano (of The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down fame) were able to translate a serious message that the youth in this country deal with and make it hilariously palatable without the Hollywood whitewash. (Bushwick Film Festival)