A bitterly sad and angry film about Mark Duggan – the Tottenham man whose shooting by police provoked riots – and his contemporaries on Broadwater Farm
A toxic cloud of anger, suspicion and sadness hangs over this documentary about Marcus Knox-Hooke and Kurtis Henville, two childhood friends of Mark Duggan, the man shot dead by armed police in Tottenham, north London, in 2011, during a “hard stop”: armed officers pulled out in front of Duggan’s speeding cab, ready for confrontation. They claimed they had reason to believe Duggan was ready to shoot, even though the disputed gun was recovered 20ft away from his vehicle, encased in a sock, having evidently been thrown away in panic.
Related: Ghostbusters, Keanu, Summertime and The Hard Stop reviewed – Film Weekly podcast
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A toxic cloud of anger, suspicion and sadness hangs over this documentary about Marcus Knox-Hooke and Kurtis Henville, two childhood friends of Mark Duggan, the man shot dead by armed police in Tottenham, north London, in 2011, during a “hard stop”: armed officers pulled out in front of Duggan’s speeding cab, ready for confrontation. They claimed they had reason to believe Duggan was ready to shoot, even though the disputed gun was recovered 20ft away from his vehicle, encased in a sock, having evidently been thrown away in panic.
Related: Ghostbusters, Keanu, Summertime and The Hard Stop reviewed – Film Weekly podcast
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- 7/14/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: UK distributor to donate 20% of theatrical receipts for Mark Duggan documentary to UK charity.
UK distributor Metrodome Distribution is to donate 20% of the theatrical revenue from Toronto 2015 documentary The Hard Stop to charity Inquest, which specialises in advising bereaved people on deaths in police custody or detention.
Directed by George Amponsah and produced by Dionne Walker, The Hard Stop follows the friends and family of Mark Duggan following his death.
Duggan was shot and killed in a ‘Hard Stop’ police procedure in 2011, sparking violent riots across London and other parts of the UK.
Amponsah (The Fighting Spirit) filmed for 28 months around Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, where Duggan grew up, capturing his family’s distress and focusing on two of his best friends, Marcus Knox and Kurtis Henville.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and has since played at numerous festivals. Metrodome will release on July 15.
“We’re delighted to be receiving...
UK distributor Metrodome Distribution is to donate 20% of the theatrical revenue from Toronto 2015 documentary The Hard Stop to charity Inquest, which specialises in advising bereaved people on deaths in police custody or detention.
Directed by George Amponsah and produced by Dionne Walker, The Hard Stop follows the friends and family of Mark Duggan following his death.
Duggan was shot and killed in a ‘Hard Stop’ police procedure in 2011, sparking violent riots across London and other parts of the UK.
Amponsah (The Fighting Spirit) filmed for 28 months around Broadwater Farm in Tottenham, where Duggan grew up, capturing his family’s distress and focusing on two of his best friends, Marcus Knox and Kurtis Henville.
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and has since played at numerous festivals. Metrodome will release on July 15.
“We’re delighted to be receiving...
- 7/5/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Prior to the outrage manifested within the ‘I Can’t Breathe’ movement in the wake of several high profile murders of unarmed black men by overzealous police officers in the Us, a young British black man named Mark Duggan was shot twice by London’s Metropolitan Police officers, killing him in cold blood, instantly sparking the disastrous London riots of 2011. It was later found that despite Duggan was not wielding a weapon as was originally claimed by the officers, the murder was deemed a lawful killing in court, setting a chilling, unjust precedent. Outlining the horrific events, George Amponsah‘s thin but upsetting The Hard Stop humanizes the departed by getting to know his closest confidants, Kurtis Henville and Marcus Knox-Hooke, revealing an imperfect, but hustling family man with a loving community behind him.
Striking with an unfortunate aptness, Amponsah’s film composites wrongly reported news footage with lyrical slow-mo...
Striking with an unfortunate aptness, Amponsah’s film composites wrongly reported news footage with lyrical slow-mo...
- 9/17/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
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