The Shooting on Mole Street (1998)
Overview
On March 1, 1996, 15-year-old Shafeeq Murrel was killed on the street in South Philadelphia — innocently caught in the crossfire between rival pairs of crack dealers out for revenge. Shafeeq’s murder was one of 435 in Philadelphia that year, and it was soon shelved as a cold case. Then, detectives David Baker and Julie Hill took it on— two middle-aged white cops working a Black neighborhood in their battered Plymouth Gran Fury. Filmed like a taut police procedural, THE SHOOTING ON MOLE STREET chronicles the investigation, as Baker and Hill knock on doors, shake down dealers, and beg, threaten and cajole residents in an effort to get someone — anyone — to talk. Baker rejects any accusation of police racism in the unsolved murders of young Black men. Isn’t he out here trying to close the case? But racism is more complicated than intent.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.051 |
Directed By
Mosco Boucault
Crew
Lizi Gelber
Mosco Boucault
Dominique Alisé
Tina Baz
Olivier Goinard
Olivier Goinard
Maria Moustrou
Anne Szymkowiak
Anne Ettore
Fabienne Landsperger
Paul Rozenberg
Enzo Gallo
TOP CAST
Wladimir Yordanoff
Commentaire
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