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DOC NYC 2020's Sizeable Film List About the Black Experience
40 YEARS A PRISONER (Viewfinders Competition)
Dir: Tommy Oliver
In 1978, Philadelphia’s police department conducted a violent siege on the communal home of the Black revolutionary group MOVE. Nine members of MOVE went to prison over the resultant death of a police officer, despite forensic mysteries in the case. Two of the prisoners were the parents of Mike Africa, Jr., who dedicated his life to fighting for their release. Filmmaker Tommy Oliver (Black Love) interweaves the past and the present in this vital examination of the legacy of aggressive policing and the fight for justice. (USA, 110 min.)
Distributor: HBO Documentary Films (launches in Dec.). Key festivals: Toronto, AFI Fest, Chicago, Philadelphia
9/11 KIDS (Portraits, Spotlight on Canada)
Dir: Elizabeth St. Philip
In the midst of the most devastating attack in American history on US soil, President George W. Bush finds himself in a South Florida classroom with a group of elementary school Youth. Nearly 20 years later, filmmaker Elizabeth St. Phillip follows these now-grown students and…
