🎬 Documentary

The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six

⭐ 7.0/10 1980 52m Dir. Woodie King Jr.

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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.

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Year
1980
Runtime
52m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.0/10
Votes
1
Genre
Documentary
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Woodie King Jr. 👤 Ruby Dee 👤 Starletta DuPois 👤 Novella Nelson

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The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six has a runtime of 52m ( and 52 minutes).
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six was directed by Woodie King Jr. and released in 1980.
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six is a Documentary film (1980).
The cast of The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six includes Ruby Dee, Starletta DuPois, Novella Nelson, Louise Stubbs, Clarice Taylor.
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six has a TMDB rating of 7.0/10 based on 1 votes.

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