Directed by Joseph Pierson
Screenplay by Mike Jones
Starring Bill Sage & Bill Dawes
Edited by Alex Albanese
Cinematography by Tim Orr
Producers Fernando S. Cano II & Joseph Pierson
Executive Producer Jon Glascoe
Music by Joel Goodman
Songs by Mike Doughty

Set in a dirt-poor neighborhood in the fictional city of San Lovisa, Texas, EvenHand tells the story of two very different cops, working together for the first time. Rob Francis, recently divorced, finds the adjustment from his previous assignment in "Sleepytown" difficult. With his new partner, the volatile Ted Morning, he spends his days breaking up domestic disputes and attempting to make sense of a parade of lowlifes, firebugs and junkies. Morning is the original Texas cowboy, all muscle and bravado: arrest 'em first, ask questions later.

The characters and events in EvenHand subtly intertwine until Francis and Morning must both face the consequences of their very different approaches to the job.

Filmed on location in San Antonio, Texas, EvenHand is a police story, but it's not about car chases or shoot-outs. It's about two cops struggling to survive in a world where, without warning, numbing routine can give way to primal fear.

Here's the Sundance Channel version:

Abandoning familiar cliches, director Joseph Pierson and writer Mike Jones present a wry, social-realist portrait of two beat cops in a small Texas town. Bill Sage and Bill Dawes play the pair of oddly matched patrol officers, who spend their days answering domestic abuse complaints, busting graffiti artists and dealing with local juvenile delinquents. By capturing the subtle rhythms and weighty frustrations of the daily routine, EvenHand reveals a fresh, naturalistic view of the ultimate realities of police life in contemporary America. TV14 (AC, AL, V)

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Here's the AFI Fest version: