The throwaways / Social Change in Mind Productions presents; a film by Bhawin Suchak & Ira McKinley ; produced and directed by Ira McKinley, Bhawin Suchak ; co-produced by Adele Pham, Messiah Rhodes.

The Throwaways courageously explores the most pressing racial justice issue of our time: the mass incarceration and profiling of poor people of color. The Throwaways is a personal exploration of the devastating impact of police brutality and mass incarceration on the black community told through the eyes of formerly incarcerated activist filmmaker Ira McKinley. With rawness, urgency and power, this award-winning documentary film speaks directly to the national movement rising up to fight back against a wave of police killings of black people in America. Amidst national outrage over police brutality across the country, we look at a new film that documents police shootings and the consequences of mass incarceration in upstate New York. The Throwaways focuses on the idea that certain lives in our society are considered disposable. It follows activist and filmmaker Ira McKinley, a former felon, as he seeks to document and mobilize his community of Albany, the state capital of New York.

Michelle Alexander (interviewee).