Crown Heights
As razor-sharp and focused on its historical context and the byzantine workings of the system it takes place in as its increasingly sobered leads.
Crown Heights
In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Colin’s childhood friend Carl 'KC' King devotes his life to fighting for Colin’s freedom. He works on appeals, takes loans for lawyer fees and becomes a legal courier to learn the court system. This incredible true story is based on the acclaimed This American Life piece and adapted by writer/director Matt Ruskin, with Lakeith Stanfield playing Colin Warner and Nnamdi Asomugha as Carl King.
Genre
Drama,
African-American Experience,
Justice
Runtime
94
Language
English
Director
Matt Ruskin
Cast
LaKeith Stanfield,
Néstor Carbonell,
Yul Vasquez
Awards:
Winner, Audience Award ~ Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
An uncaring system putting blameless men behind bars has been a cinematic staple as far back as Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" and likely further. But few examples have been as effective as the fact-based "Crown Heights." Winner of Sundance's coveted audience award in dramatic competition, ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 9.01.17 - 9.07.17
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