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  • Down a Dark Stairwell (2020)
  • 83 min | Documentary
Down a Dark Stairwell (2020)
83 min | Documentary
On a fall day in 2014, Peter Liang, a Chinese American police officer, shot and killed an innocent, unarmed black man named Akai Gurley. Unfolding in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project, the shooting inflamed the residents of ...See moreOn a fall day in 2014, Peter Liang, a Chinese American police officer, shot and killed an innocent, unarmed black man named Akai Gurley. Unfolding in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project, the shooting inflamed the residents of New York City and thrust two marginalized communities together into the uneven criminal justice system. Gurley's death sparked cries of police brutality and a raging, anguished debate about racial bias in criminal prosecution of law enforcement officers. Written by FLC See less
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Director
Ursula Liang
Composer
Andrew Orkin
Editors
Michelle Chang | J.M. Harper (as Jason Harper)
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Updated Mar 6, 2020
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Mar 6, 2020 (United States)
Awards
5 wins & 1 nomination

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Destiny Jones (2014)
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