Law & Order : Subterranean Homeboy Blues (1990)
Directed by E.W. Swackhamer
Genres - Action, Adventure, Thriller, Family & Personal Relationships |
Sub-Genres - Courtroom Drama, Crime Drama, Detective Film |
Run Time - 43 min. |
Countries - United States |
Share on
Synopsis by Hal Erickson
In a fictionalized replay of the Bernhard Goetz incident, former dancer Laura di Biasi (Cynthia Nixon), a white woman, is arrested after shooting two black youths on a subway. Di Biasi claims that she was acting in self defense, but Assistant D.A. Robinette (Richard Brooks), himself an African-American, suspects that the woman had a hidden agenda. This not only leads to a racially charged murder trial, but also considerable friction between Robinette and his partner Stone (Michael Moriarty). (Trivia note: Guest star Cynthia Nixon and Law & Order regular Chris Noth later starred together on the HBO sitcom Sex and the City.)