Holly Gilvary
RACINE — “CYCLE,” the documentary about the 2019 police killing of Ty’Rese West in Mount Pleasant, will be screened at Park High School on Saturday, July 19.
The film, produced by Racine natives William Howell and Laura Dyan Kezman, premiered in May at the Milwaukee Film Festival. It also won Best Feature Documentary at the Brooklyn Film Festival, according to a news release.
Howell and Kezman created the movie over five years, in close collaboration with West’s mother, Monique West.
Ty’Rese West, who was 18 when he was killed by a Mount Pleasant Police Department officer in 2019, attended Park before transferring to Horlick High School.
Kezman said in a statement that “CYCLE” isn’t just a movie, but also “a call to action for my hometown and America.”
“We want audiences to understand how our justice system operates, to see the gap between what’s promised and what’s delivered,” she said. “Our goal is to save lives by telling the truth.”
Howell said that while “rage” about West’s death was “necessary and warranted initially,” love is ultimately an “ingredient for sustaining change.”
Years into the film’s creation, he and Kezman reframed the conversation to be about love and broader understanding.
“The way to break cycles is to break cycles within ourselves,” he said. “We just need to understand each other on a fundamental level. That is the thing that can foster better policy and better structures within our systems.”
Yusuf Buckley, who runs Community Consulting Services in Racine, Olympia Brown Unitarian Universalist Church, In the Dance Cafe and AC Autobody & Repair provided support for the Racine screening, which is scheduled for 1-3:30 p.m. at the John Burns Theater at the school, 1901 12th St. Doors will open at 12:15 p.m.
After the film, Kezman, Howell and local community members will host a special panel discussion.
Tickets are $18.17 (fees already included). To purchase tickets, visit app.promotix.com/events/details/Cycle-Documentary-tickets.
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