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Rest in Power review – Jay-Z's Trayvon Martin series is a triumph

The ambitious six-part documentary series examines staggering racial injustice in America with skill and packs an almighty punch

Internalizing the notion that “my son is your son” is perhaps the ideal goal of the struggle for racial equality in the United States. It was the impassioned plea of Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, as she summoned all the courage she had to reflect her feelings about her son’s death at the hands of George Zimmerman at a rally in New York. And it’s this remark that serves as the cornerstone for Rest in Power.

Related: ‘There are more Trayvon Martins than Obamas’: the Jay-Z docuseries exposing America

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