电影简介: Inthewakeofthe2015deathofFreddieGrayinpolicecustody,Baltimorewasacityontheedge.PeacefulprotestsanddestructiveriotseruptedintheimmediateaftermathofGray’sdeath,whilethecitywaitedtohearthefateofthesixpoliceofficersinvolvedintheincident,reflectingthedeepdivisionsbetweenauthoritiesandthecommunity--andunderscoringtheurgentneedforreconciliation.
DirectedbySonjaSohn(oneofthestarsoftheHBOseriesTheWire),BaltimoreRisingfollowsactivists,policeofficers,communityleadersandgangaffiliates,whostruggletoholdBaltimoretogether,evenasthehomicideratehitsrecordlevels,andexploreshowtomakechangewhenchangeishard.
ThestrifethatgripsBaltimorefollowingthedeathofFreddieGrayexposeslongstandingfaultlinesinadistraughtanddamagedcommunity.BaltimoreRisingchroniclesthedeterminedeffortsofpeopleonallsideswhofightforjusticeandworktomaketheircitybetter,sometimescomingtogetherinunexpectedways,discoveringacommonhumanitywherebeforetheyoftensaweachotheronlyasadversaries.
AmongthekeyfiguresspotlightedinBaltimoreRisingare:
Genard“Shadow”Barr(communityleader,formergangmember)isanaddictionrecoveryspecialistatthePenn-NorthRecoveryCenter,wherehealsohelpsorganizeareentryjobsprogramforcommunitymembers.BridgingthedividebetweenpoliceandresidentsofthePenn-Northarea,heworkswithallpartiestomitigateviolence.BarrisnowworkingtoopenanentrepreneurshipandjobtrainingcenterinWestBaltimore.
CommissionerKevinDavishasledtheBaltimorePoliceDepartmentsince2015.Hetookoverasinterimpolicecommissionerintheaftermathoftheuprisingandsurgingviolence,whenthemayorfiredpreviouscommissionerAnthonyBatts.AlifelongMarylander,CommissionerDavisisa25-yearveteranandfourth-generationpublicsafetyprofessional.Hewasfacedwithrepairingpublictrustinthedepartmentandstemmingarisingtideofhomicidesamidstthetrialsofhissixofficers.
MakaylaGilliam-Price(activist)foundedtheyouthjusticeorganizationCityBlocasahighschoolstudent.Shealsoorganizeswiththegrassrootsthink-tankLeadersofaBeautifulStruggle.
AdamJackson(activist)isCEOofthegrassrootsthink-tankLeadersofaBeautifulStruggle.HiseffortsareaimedatconnectingyoungpeopletopublicpolicyandcreatingtransformativechangeinBaltimore.
DayvonLove(activist),directorofpublicpolicyforLeadersofaBeautifulStruggle,hasdeepexperiencewithgrassrootsactivisminthecommunity.Hehasgivennumerousspeechesandledworkshopstogiveinsightintotheplightofitscitizens.
KwameRose(activist),anartist,writer,musicianandpublicspeaker,gainednotorietyduringtheuprisingthatfollowedFreddieGray’sdeathforhispublicconfrontationwithFOXNewsreporterGeraldoRivera.ArrestedduringprotestsoutsidethetrialsofthepoliceofficerschargedintheGraycase,herecentlyacceptedapositionintheofficeofBaltimoreMayorCatherinePugh.
Lt.ColonelMelvinRussell,chiefoftheCommunityPartnershipDivision,BaltimorePoliceDepartment,joinedTheBaltimorePoliceDepartment(BPD)in1979asapolicecadet.Heworkedasauniformpatrolandthenanundercoverofficerfor20yearsbeforebecominganEasternDistrictLieutenantin2007.RecentlyheledtheBPD’schaplaincyprogramandworkedcooperativelywithsuchcommunityleadersasGenard“Shadow”Barrtosupportareentryjobsprogramandpreventanotheruprisingduringthepoliceofficers’trialsintheGraycase.
DawnyellTaylor(policedetective)hasbeenwiththeBaltimoreCityPoliceformorethan16years.In2015and2016,shewastheleadinvestigatorintheFreddieGrayhomicidecase,andtestifiedatthetrialofOfficerCaesarGoodsonJr.,whowaschargedwithGray’smurder.TaylorcontinuestoserveinthepoliceacademyinBaltimore.
TheexecutiveproducersofBaltimoreRisingareSonjaSohn,MarcLevin,AnthonyHemingway,GeorgePelecanosandMarkTaylor;producer,NathanMook;supervisingproducers,DaphnePinkersonandKaraRozansky;directedbySonjaSohn.ForHBO:seniorproducer,NancyAbraham;executiveproducerSheilaNevins.
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