Rikers
Nov 12, 2016 | IMDB 6
70 min Watch NowDocumentary
This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the Rikers experience – from the trauma of entry to extortion and control by inmates, to oppressive corrections officers, violence and solitary confinement.
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1976
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IMDB 9.5 | Sep , 2001
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025
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IMDB 0 | May , 2025
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IMDB 8 | Feb , 2018
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IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 1957
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IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 1999
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IMDB 6.4 | Mar , 1980
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2021
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IMDB 6 | Sep , 1973
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IMDB 4.5 | Apr , 2017
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IMDB 10 | May , 1995
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IMDB 6 | Jun , 2004
Some of the world's best jazz, R & B, hip-hop, rap, gospel and Latin musicians perform classic and modern songs in this 2004 benefit show celebrating the 70th year of Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. Performers include Natalie Cole, Ashanti, Brian McKnight, Yolanda Adams with the Abyssinian Baptist Choir, James Ingram, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Patti LaBelle, Angie Stone and Arturo Sandoval.The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
IMDB 6.8 | Mar , 2012
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IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2011
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