Howard Beach: Making a Case for Murder (1989)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Docudrama  |   Run Time - 96 min.  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

The controversial case of a black man killed in Howard Beach, a working-class all white neighborhood of Queens, NY provides the basis of this docudrama. Much of the story centers around the attempts of Joe Hynes, the state prosecutor to bring the case to trial.

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blue-collar, community, death, group, investigation, justice, killing, murder, prosecutor, trial [courtroom], beach