Stephen Maing’s film CRIME + PUNISHMENT follows black and Latino officers frustrated at the pressure from their superiors to arrest and summons young minorities in New York City. Maing was joined on stage with a few of his subjects from the film to talk about the motivation behind telling the story, but also the impact …
“Here One Day” is an intensely personal first-person documentary by Kathy Leichter that tells the story of Leichter and her family coming to terms with the suicide of her mother, Nina. The film focuses on the effects this tragedy had on Nina’s family and friends, and the things Leichter discovered about her mother in years …
‘Across a 110th Street’ is a 1972 film directed by Barry Shear, and starring Anthony Quinn and Yaphet Kotto. I hadn’t heard of the film (though I’d heard the song) until a trailer festival I went to a few months back. The film looked gritty, violent, and right up my alley, so I threw it …