Crown Heights

DVD 2017

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.

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Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

False imprisonment New York (State) New York Fiction

Judicial error New York (State) New York Fiction

Police corruption New York (State) New York Fiction

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Description:

1 videodisc (99 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 surround
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: NR
MPAA Rating: R

Other Title:

motion picture adaptation of (work): This American life (Radio program) [DVD]

Notes:

Based on WBEZ Chicago's This American life episode 'DIY' by Anya Bourg
DVD release of the 2017 motion picture
Special features: Commentary with director Matt Ruskin & producer Nnamdi Asomugha ; the story behind Crown Heights
Title from container
Wide screen
Music, Mark Degliantoni ; editors, Joe Hutshing, Paul Greenhouse ; director of photography, Ben Kutchins
Luke Forbes, Lakeith Stanfield, Adriane Lenox, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Nnamdi Asomugha
DVD ; widescreen (2.39:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround
For private home use only
In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

2311329

UPC:

191329036020

Other Authors:

Asomugha, Nnamdi, 1981- actor
Blake, Marsha Stephanie, actor
Broad Green Pictures (Firm), publisher
Forbes, Luke, actor
Lenox, Adriane, actor
Ruskin, Matt, film director, screenwriter
Stanfield, LaKeith, 1991- actor

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