# Eyewitness to Power: Citizen Journalism, Viral Video & Accountability

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**Date:** March 15, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Omni Downtown / Mansfield AB  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Film & TV track  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.** — President & CEO
- **Matt Mitchell** — Chief Executive Officer
- **Jennifer Holness** — Director
- **Sidney Fussell** — Journalist

Armed with a phone: This panel explores how everyday people—armed only with cell phones—have become primary witnesses to state violence and how their footage reshapes public narrative and justice processes. #WhileBlack shows both the moral power and unpredictable personal cost of such witnessing. While the recent video of the Minneapolis ICE shooting underscores how recordings can surface in real time to both inform and inflame national debate, #WhileBlack, is also set in Minneapolis and it explores the impact of witnessing on the brave citizen journalists who are increasingly becoming harbingers of the truth.  Who gets to record, who gets to be believed, who gets protection, and how do social platforms’ monetize the impact of visceral, real-world events? #WhileBlack powerfully examines some of the most viral murders and beatings by police over generations through the lens of technology.

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