Film
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980Directed by Woodie King Jr.
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- Released
- Runtime
- 52m
About The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
- Documentary
Synopsis
In 1963 a group of young Black boys living in Harlem were involved in an incident that earned them the nickname "The Harlem Six." Intent on protecting and clearing the names of their sons, several mothers bonded together to make their story known. This work emerges as a powerful close up of police brutality, and of power dynamics of 1960's Harlem.
- Director
- Woodie King Jr.
- Writer
- Woodie King Jr.
