In her second documentary feature “Down a Dark Stairwell”, Ursula Liang tackles one of the most pressing matters in contemporary American society, that of unchecked police brutality against minorities.
“Down a Dark Stairwell” is screening at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The film tells the story of the tragic event of the accidental death of Akai Gurley who was shot and killed by the Asian American police officer Peter Liang in November of 2014, while climbing down a dark flight of stairs in a housing project in Brooklyn, New York. Following a protest by the family and friends of the victim, Peter Liang becomes the first police officer in more than a decade to be fired and prosecuted for the accidental manslaughter of an innocent civilian.
While the black community sees a glimmer of hope for justice in the policeman’s trial and as a first step towards fixing the decades,...
“Down a Dark Stairwell” is screening at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The film tells the story of the tragic event of the accidental death of Akai Gurley who was shot and killed by the Asian American police officer Peter Liang in November of 2014, while climbing down a dark flight of stairs in a housing project in Brooklyn, New York. Following a protest by the family and friends of the victim, Peter Liang becomes the first police officer in more than a decade to be fired and prosecuted for the accidental manslaughter of an innocent civilian.
While the black community sees a glimmer of hope for justice in the policeman’s trial and as a first step towards fixing the decades,...
- 6/13/2020
- by martin
- AsianMoviePulse
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