Sundance dramatic competition entry "Police Beat," directed by Robinson Devor and written by Charles Mudede, comes to the fest from Seattle, via its association with the local non-profit, Northwest Film Forum. Journalist Mudede is writer of the crime beat column in "The Stranger", while the producers are locals Jeffrey Brown and Alexis Ferris.

The film is a recipient of NWFF's Start-to-Finish grant, with the organization guiding through all states of production and post. It marks the groups first film to play at Sundance. In a description emailed today, the filmmakers describe the movie as following, "African-born Seattle bicycle cop ("Z") on his beat for seven days and six nights, covering more than forty crimes, all of which are based on actual Seattle police reports."