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The Police Tapes

The Police Tapes

Directed by Susan and Alan Raymond

This groundbreaking, Emmy Award-winning experimental video revealed the life of a police precinct in the South Bronx during one of the most tumultuous years in the history of New York City. In dramatically raw scenes, the officers of the 44th precinct let the camera in on every secret of society capturing explosive footage of a hostage situation, gangs strutting brazenly down the street, and murders impossible to solve.

Alan and Susan Raymond's 1977 Emmy Award-winning film depicts the brutally graphic police work of a South Bronx precinct in a handheld camera style that would go on to influence film and television police dramas.

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