On March 1, 1996, 15-year-old Shafeeq Murrel was killed on the street in South Philadelphia — innocently caught in the crossfire between rival pairs of crack dealers out for revenge. Shafeeq’s murder was one of 435 in Philadelphia that year, and it was soon shelved as a cold case. Then, detectives David Baker and Julie Hill took it on— two middle-aged white cops working a Black neighborhood in their battered Plymouth Gran Fury. A taut police procedural, this gripping documentary follows Hill and Baker verité style, while capturing the complex dynamics of a community where selling drugs is seen as the only option for many young men.
Philadelphia: fusillade de Mole Street (1998)
Directed by Mosco Boucault
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Baker, Bankruptcy, Community, David Baker, Dealer, Drug, Hill, Julie Hill, Man, Murder, Neighborhood, Opponent, Plymouth Gran Fury, Police, Shafeeq Murrel, South Philadelphia, Trafficker, White
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The Shooting on Mole Street
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