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    Storm Over Brooklyn

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    Poster of the movie Storm Over Brooklyn
    2020     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 40min

    On August 23, 1989, 16 year old African American boy Yusuf Hawkins was innocently killed by an Italian mob in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Heavily covered by the media at the time, Hawkins' death sparked protest and a deep racial divide throughout Bensonhurst and New York City. On the 30th anniversary, this film revisits the tragedy through interviews with community leaders, Brooklyn citizens and parties related to the case, and extensive archival footage to uncover the impetus of Hawkins' death and highlight the systemic racism rooted within American communities still existing today.

    Directed byMuta'Ali Muhammad
    CompanyHBOHBOHBO

    Featuring

    Al Sharpton
    Ed Koch
    Louis Farrakhan
    David Dinkins
    Ken Sunshine
    Yusuf K. Hawkins
    Conrad Tillard
    Lenora Fulani
    Luther Sylvester
    Joseph Fama
    Christopher Graham
    Diane Hawkins

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