One Million Experiments

One Million Experiments is a documentary film that explores the possibilities of creating and redefining safety in a world without police and prisons. The film showcases and celebrates a range of community-based safety projects across Turtle Island emerging from 2020's mass uprising in response to the police murder of George Floyd, asking: "What does safety in a world without police and prisons look like? What does it make more possible?" One Million Experiments is produced by Respair Production and Media, Interrupting Criminalization, and SoapBox Productions and Organizing.

In June, Flat Out worked in collaboration with the Centre Against Racial Profiling, the Institute of Postcolonial Studies and the New International Bookshop to organise a screening of the film and panel discussion on experiments in Naarm. Over 200 people attended this special event.

“How do we learn with and from other experiments to work towards liberation for all on these stolen lands?”

After the film screening, Nayuka Gorrie facilitated a conversation with Apryl Day, Idil Ali and Lavanya Thavaraja, all currently engaged in community-based experiments working to create a world without police and prisons.

Attendees shared their thoughts and reflections - these will be collated into a zine which will be available in September.