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Summary Amidst a landmark class action lawsuit over illegal policing quotas, Crime + Punishment chronicles the real lives and struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City. A highly intimate and cinematic experience with unprecedented access, Crime +...

Directed By: Stephen T. Maing

Crime + Punishment

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88
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Amidst a landmark class action lawsuit over illegal policing quotas, Crime + Punishment chronicles the real lives and struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City. A highly intimate and cinematic experience with unprecedented access, Crime +...

Directed By: Stephen T. Maing

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Aug 22, 2018
100
Crime+Punishment advances a thorough critique of American law enforcement not by generalizing or speechifying, but by digging into particular lives and circumstances, allowing affected individuals to speak for themselves.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
Aug 23, 2018
90
Crime + Punishment is a quiet documentary but a potent one. Though its approach is low key, its passion, drama and concern for exposing wrongdoing is unmistakable.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
Aug 22, 2018
90
Crime + Punishment is essential viewing for anyone with a suspicion that there’s corruption in law enforcement.
By Tricia Olszewski FULL REVIEW
Aug 24, 2018
88
Considering this particular environment is being replicated by other law enforcement departments, Maing’s film becomes crucial to the discussion on quotas and the toll they take on the populace and the police.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
Aug 21, 2018
83
Crime + Punishment isn’t without hope, but it anchors that hope to the unflattering realities of American policing.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
Aug 21, 2018
75
For the most part, the film balances its outrage with objectivity.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
Aug 23, 2018
65
The whistleblowers of the NYPD 12 definitely deserve a comprehensive chronicle of their struggle for justice, as their struggle affects so many. Crime + Punishment speaks well on their behalf, but not emphatically enough to close the case.
By André Hereford FULL REVIEW

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Production Company
  • Field of Vision (II)
  • Sundance Institute Documentary Fund
Release Date Aug 24, 2018
Duration 1 h 52 m
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Website https://www.crimeandpunishmentdoc.com/
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Awards

International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Independent Film Festival of Boston
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Montclair Film Festival (MFF)
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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