The Shooting on Mole Street
“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”
1998•NR•1h 30m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Mosco Boucault
Languages
English, French
Studio
La Sept-Arte
Cast
Wladimir Yordanoff
Commentaire
Production
Company
La Sept-Arte
Company
CNC
Company
PROCIREP
Company
Tal et Elma Productions
Producer
Paul Rozenberg
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