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The Corner
Why this pick
A compact, unsentimental Baltimore portrait from David Simon, focusing on institutions and everyday survival with the same patient, novelistic attention to systems behind street-level lives.
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SERIES2002 1h 0m / episode USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Top Boy
Why this pick
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Gomorrah
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Follows one single drug and homicide investigation throughout the length of an entire season. Centered on the drug culture of inner-city Baltimore, the series' storyline unfolds from the points of view of both the criminals lording the streets and the police officers determined to bring them down.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Dominic West
Jimmy McNulty
Wendell Pierce
Det. William 'Bunk' Moreland
Sonja Sohn
Det. Shakima 'Kima' Greggs
Clarke Peters
Detective Lester Freamon
Michael K. Williams
Omar Little
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rhonda Pearlman
Wood Harris
Avon Barksdale
Andre Royo
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