The Shooting on Mole Street

The Shooting on Mole Street (1998)

A gripping documentary that follows two cops verité-style, while capturing the complex dynamics of a community where selling drugs is seen as the only option for many young men

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1998-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: La Sept-Arte
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Mosco Boucault

Summary

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. Filmed like a taut police procedural, THE SHOOTING ON MOLE STREET chronicles the investigation, as Baker and Hill knock on doors, shake down dealers, and beg, threaten and cajole residents in an effort to get someone — anyone — to talk. Baker rejects any accusation of police racism in the unsolved murders of young Black men. Isn’t he out here trying to close the case? But racism is more complicated than intent.

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  • Wladimir Yordanoff

    as Commentaire
Editing Lizi Gelber Editor
Directing Mosco Boucault Director
Camera Dominique Alisé Camera Operator
Sound Tina Baz Sound Editor
Sound Olivier Goinard Sound Editor
Sound Olivier Goinard Sound Mixer
Production Maria Moustrou Assistant Production Manager
Production Paul Rozenberg Producer
Production Anne Ettore Producer's Assistant
Art Fabienne Landsperger Title Designer
Production Enzo Gallo Production Manager
Editing Anne Szymkowiak Color Grading

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