Seven Days in Bensonhurst
Seven Days in Bensonhurst
1990, English. Directed by Thomas Lennon.
The 1989 murder of Yusef Hawkins by white youths in the Bensonhurst section of New York City set off a racial and political fire storm. On the eve of the first verdicts in the murder case, writer Shelby Steele returns to talk to the participants and tries to unravel the forces that propelled this racial crisis.
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- 0h 58m
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- English
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- 15 May 1990
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- Shelby Steele, Thomas Lennon
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Who directed Seven Days in Bensonhurst?
Seven Days in Bensonhurst (1990) was directed by Thomas Lennon and stars Al Sharpton, Judy Woodruff, Shelby Steele.