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Policing the police / a Frontline production with Left/Right Docs ; correspondent, Jelani Cobb ; produced by Anya Bourg, James Jacoby ; written by James Jacoby & Jelani Cobb ; directed by James Jacoby.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
Jacoby, James (Television producer), television producer, television director, screenwriter.
Bourg, Anya, television producer.
Cobb, Jelani, interviewer, narrator, screenwriter.
Jacoby, Scott, 1971- composer.
Left/Right (Firm), production company.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.
Series:
Frontline (Television program)
Frontline
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Police-community relations.
Police--Complaints against.
Police misconduct.
Police brutality.
Police.
New Jersey--Newark.
Police--New Jersey--Newark.
Police brutality--New Jersey--Newark.
Police misconduct--New Jersey--Newark.
Police--Complaints against--New Jersey--Newark.
Police-community relations--New Jersey--Newark.
Genre:
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television programs -- United States.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in. stamping
Edition:
Widescreen.
Distribution:
[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2016]
Other Title:
Subtitle on container: How do you transform a troubled department?
Place of Publication:
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2016]
Language Note:
In English.
Open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation; stereo.
digital optical stereo
widescreen (1.85:1)
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
Summary:
Spurred by rampant allegations of police abuse in Newark, New Jersey, a city with an exceptionally high crime-rate, reporter Jelani Cobb goes on patrol with the Newark Police Department to gain first-hand understanding of what officers deal with on a daily basis. Officers discuss their point of view regarding police-civilian confrontations.
Participant:
Narrator/interviewer, Jelani Cobb.
Credits:
Editor, Fanny Lee; director of photography, Victor Tadashi Suárez; original music, Scott Jacoby.
Notes:
Videodisc release of one episode of the television series Frontline, originally broadcast on June 28, 2016.
"Frontline is a production of WGBH/Boston."
Running time indicated on container: 60 minutes; actual running time: 56 minutes.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Baylinson Rosenbluth Fund.
Contains:
Frontline (Television program)
ISBN:
9781627897716
1627897712
OCLC:
956386137
Publisher Number:
841887029087
00841887029087 gtin-14
FRL63412 PBS

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