SummaryIn the 1980s, Corey Pegues was embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York City’s infamous Supreme Team gang. After a near-death gang confrontation, Pegues flees the city, only to return years later as a rising star in the NYPD. When Pegues speaks publicly in support of police reform, he becomes a target within the department and details... Read More
Directed By:Ilinca Calugareanu
A Cops and Robbers Story
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Feb 8, 2022
67
As a character study, the film doesn’t dig much more deeply than a news magazine episode. As a study in some aspects of police culture, though, the film has a sobering message.
Nov 18, 2020
67
Always engaging in broad strokes thanks to the remarkable biography of its subject, A Cops and Robbers Story is at its best in the brief moments when it drills down on the particulars of Pegues’ experience on either side of the law.
Jan 13, 2022
50
The repetition of verbal and visual storytelling points to the limited scope of this film. A Cops and Robbers Story explores Pegues’s split loyalties, but the talking head interviews tend to isolate characters whose very intimacy is the subject of the film.
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Production Company:
- Black Bicycle Entertainment
- Chicken And Egg Pictures
- Good Gravy Films
- Openvizor
- Secret Sauce Media
- Slinky Alley Productions
- Sundance Institute
- Vernon Films
Release Date:Jan 14, 2022
Duration:1 h 24 m
Awards
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
DOC NYC
• 1 Nomination
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Nomination




























