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Alien boy : the life and death of James Chasse

Call Number

  • DVD 616.898 A3989 (CEN)

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Languages

Closed-captioned.

Publication Information

Philadelphia, PA : Breaking Glass Pictures, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A feature-length documentary film that chronicles one man's struggle with schizophrenia and examines the actions of the police officers responsible for his death, exposing a city grappling with accountability in the death of an innocent, unarmed man.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally released as a documentary in 2013.

Special features: Reactions to Alien boy ; interview with director Brian Lindstrom ; Profiles in courage.

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