DVD
Crown Heights
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (EAS)
Languages
English or Spanish dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Lakeith Stanfield, Nnamdi Asomugha, Natalie Paul, Amari Cheatom, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Nestor Carbonell, Zach Grenier, Josh Pais, Bill Camp, Adriane Lenox.
Publication Information
Los Angeles, CA : Broad Green Pictures, [2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexuality/nudity and violence.
Summary
In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbrush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life is prison. Colin's childhood friend Carl "KC" King devoted his life to fighting for Colin's freedom. He works on appeals, takes loans for lawyer fees and becomes a legal courier to learn the court system.
Notes
Title from container.
DVD release of the 2017 motion picture.
Special features: Feature film commentary with director Matt Ruskin & producer Nnamdi Asomugha ; The story behind Crown Heights.