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Chicago at the Crossroad
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Chicago at the Crossroad

Jun 1, 2019
1h 0m
★ 4.0

Overview

While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's segregated communities? What is known about the systems that created the problem, the laws that isolated it, and the policies that abandoned it? Using dramatic footage, including interviews with residents on the front lines over the last 15 years, this documentary opens a rare historical window into the systematic creation of poverty stricken communities plagued by gun violence. 

Genres

Crime
Documentary

Production Companies

Schodorf Films

Cast

GLC

Self

GLC

Jesse Jackson

Self

Jesse Jackson

Leon Rogers

Self

Leon Rogers

Phenom Universal

Self

Phenom Universal

Malik Yusef

Self

Malik Yusef

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