Title Black and blue / produced and directed by Hugh L. King and Lamar Williams ; written by Hugh L. King, Lamar Williams ; a New Liberty production

Published New York, NY : Third World Newsreel, 1987

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Description 1 online resource (58 minutes) Summary 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 Notes Title from resource description page (viewed September 09, 2020) Credits Cinematographer, Jeffrey Farber; editor, Hugh L. King; music, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Alan Sukennik Performer Narrator, Barbara Grant Notes In English Subject Police -- Complaints against -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Minorities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions Police brutality -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia African Americans -- Social conditions. Minorities -- Social conditions. Police brutality. Police -- Complaints against. Race relations. SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Genre/Form Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author King, Hugh L. (Film producer), director, producer, screenwriter Williams, Lamar, director, producer, screenwriter Grant, Barbara, narrator New Liberty Productions, production company. Third World Newsreel (Firm), publisher.

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