Movie · Drama · Biography

In 1980, a young man named Marvin Grant was gunned down in Flatbush Brooklyn. Clarence Lewis, a 15-year-old with a penchant for lying, told the police he “saw what happened” and was pressured to identify a suspect. This set into motion a series of events that led to the arrest of Colin Warner, an innocent teenager who lived in nearby Crown Heights. The police investigation was marred by misconduct and coercion of witnesses, culminating in a bizarre trial in which an innocent man was tried alongside the actual perpetrator. Both men were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

2017 · 1h 34m
Director Matt Ruskin

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Crown Heights

Drama

In 1980, a young man named Marvin Grant was gunned down in Flatbush Brooklyn. Clarence Lewis, a 15-year-old with a penchant for lying, told the police he “saw what happened” and was pressured to identify a suspect. This set into motion a series of events that led to the arrest of Colin Warner, an innocent teenager who lived in nearby Crown Heights. The police investigation was marred by misconduct and coercion of witnesses, culminating in a bizarre trial in which an innocent man was tried alongside the actual perpetrator. Both men were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

COMMON SENSE

True story of a wrongful imprisonment has intense moments.

TOMATOMETER
Average 6.6
Reviews 84
Fresh 66
Rotten 18

Information

Studio
Amazon Studios, An iAm21 Production
Released
2017
Run Time
1 hr 34 min
Rated
R For language, some sexuality/nudity and violence.
Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English
Subtitles

English (United States) (SDH), Arabic (United Arab Emirates) , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech (Czechia) , Danish (Denmark) , Dutch (Netherlands) , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Hindi (India) , Hungarian (Hungary) , Indonesian (Indonesia) , Italian (Italy) , Japanese (Japan) , Korean (South Korea) , Norwegian Bokmål (Norway) , Polish (Poland) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Romanian (Romania) , Russian (Russia) , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish (Sweden) , Thai (Thailand) , Turkish (Türkiye)

Accessibility

Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.