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Crown Heights / Amazon Studios presents ; in association with Washington Square Films/Black Maple Films ; an iAm21 production ; a film by Matt Ruskin ; written and directed by Matt Ruskin ; produced by Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Galazka, Matt Ruskin.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Ruskin, Matt, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Asomugha, Nnamdi, 1981- film producer, actor.
Galazka, Natalie, film producer.
Stanfield, LaKeith, 1991- actor.
Paul, Natalie (Actor), actor.
Cheatom, Amari, actor.
Blake, Marsha Stephanie, actor.
Carbonell, Nestor, 1967- actor.
Grenier, Zach, 1954- actor.
Vazquez, Yul, actor.
Pais, Josh, 1964- actor.
Canada, Ron, actor.
Camp, Bill, actor.
Amazon Studios, presenter.
Washington Square Films, presenter.
Black Maple Films, presenter.
iAm21, production company.
Broad Green Pictures (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Bourg, Anya--Film adaptations.
Bourg, Anya.
African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
African Americans.
Police corruption--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Police corruption.
Judicial error--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Judicial error.
False imprisonment--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
False imprisonment.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.).
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--New York--Crown Heights.
Genre:
Biographical films.
Crime films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Legal films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Place of Publication:
Los Angeles, CA : Broad Green Pictures, [2017]
Language Note:
In English or dubbed Spanish; optional subtitles in Spanish.
Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.39:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital
widescreen (2.39:1)
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
In 1980, a young man named Marvin Grant was gunned down in Flatbush Brooklyn. Clarence Lewis, a fifteen-year-old with a penchant for lying, told the police he saw what happened and was pressured to identify a suspect. This set into motion a series of events that led to the arrest of Colin Warner, an innocent teenager who lived in nearby Crown Heights.
Participant:
Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Amari Cheatom, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Nestor Carbonell, Zach Grenier, Yul Vazquez, Josh Pais, Ron Canada, Bill Camp.
Credits:
Director of photography, Ben Kutchins; editors, Joe Hutshing, Paul Greenhouse; music, Mark Degliantoni.
Notes:
Based on WBEZ Chicago's This American life episode 'DIY' by Anya Bourg.
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2017.
Special features: commentary with director Matt Ruskin & producer Nnamdi Asomugha ; The story behind Crown Heights.
Contains:
Container of: Crown Heights (Motion picture)
Container of: Crown Heights (Motion picture). Spanish.
OCLC:
1005899541
Publisher Number:
191329036020
94192111000 Broad Green Pictures

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