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We Own This City
Why this pick
David Simon again examines a city through compromised institutions, but with a tighter, fractured investigation into policing, public trust, and the human cost of systemic failure.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2015 1h 0m / episode USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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The Corner
Why this pick
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Years and Years
Why this pick
It brings large-scale political deterioration into the lives of one extended family, combining brisk escalation with the same unnerving sense that public decisions reshape private lives.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing to be built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Oscar Isaac
Nick Wasicsko
Catherine Keener
Mary Dorman
Alfred Molina
Hank Spallone
Bob Balaban
Judge Leonard B. Sand
Peter Riegert
Oscar Newman
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Norma O'Neal
Carla Quevedo
Nay Noe Wasicsko
Jon Bernthal
Michael Sussman