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Film: The Glass Shield

Thursday, 2/9/2023
4:00 - 6:00
Richmond Meeting Room
Richmond/Senator Milton Marks
Address

351 9th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
United States

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A young ambitious black cop joins an all-white police department and struggles to hold his own and restore justice as racial tensions run high. Directed by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep) and starring Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube and Elliott Gould.

"A rigorous, angry piece of work"  — The Los Angeles Times

PG-13, 109 min., 1994. Closed captions (CC) in English.

 


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