The Shooting on Mole Street
A gripping documentary that follows two cops verité-style, while capturing the complex dynamics of a community where selling drugs is seen as the only option for many young men
1998 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mosco Boucault |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1998 |
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| Director: | Mosco Boucault |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | philadelphia, pennsylvania, shootout, police investigation, dead teenager, cold case |
| Production Companies | CNC, PROCIREP, La Sept-Arte, Tal et Elma Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: May 07, 2024 |
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| Wladimir Yordanoff | Commentaire |
| Name | Job |
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| Mosco Boucault | Director |
| Dominique Alisé | Camera Operator |
| Lizi Gelber | Editor |
| Tina Baz | Sound Editor |
| Anne Szymkowiak | Color Grading |
| Anne Ettore | Producer's Assistant |
| Enzo Gallo | Production Manager |
| Maria Moustrou | Assistant Production Manager |
| Fabienne Landsperger | Title Designer |
| Olivier Goinard | Sound Editor, Sound Mixer |
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| Paul Rozenberg | Producer |
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