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Black and Blue(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-04-10
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Time: 0h 58m
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A film by Hugh King and Lamar Williams - a powerful mix of archival material, news clips and documentary footage chronicles impassioned community response to decades of deadly force against people of color by members of the Philadelphia police force. Community leaders, politicians, police officers, survivors of police brutality and sympathizers unravel a pattern of biased violent police behavior from the tenure of Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo to the bombing of Osage Avenue. This documentary is a testimony to long-standing tensions between police and people of color in communities throughout the United States.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Third World Newsreel
New Liberty Productions
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