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17 BLOCKS

By Davy ROTHBART

BEACHSIDE FILMS - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2019


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Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
Documentary Films - Competition
Zurich FF 2019
International Documentary Film Competition
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    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 96 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Davy ROTHBART
    • Writer(s)
    • Jennifer TIEXIERA
    • Producer(s)
    • Michael CLARK (Beachside Films), Alex TURTLETAUB (Beachside Films), Marc TURTLETAUB (Beachside Films), Rachel DENGIZ, Davy ROTHBART
    • Synopsis
    • In 1999, nine-year-old Emmanuel Sanford-Durant and his Washington, D.C. family began to film their daily lives in America's most dangerous neighborhood — just 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol building. They've been filming ever since.

      Made in a unique collaboration with filmmaker and journalist Davy Rothbart, the film focuses on four generations of the Sanford Family, including Emmanuel, a promising student, his brother Smurf, a local drug dealer, his sister Denice, an aspiring cop, and his mother Cheryl, who must conquer her own demons for her family to prosper.

      Spanning two decades, 17 BLOCKS illuminates a nation's ongoing crisis through one family's raw, stirring, and deeply personal saga.
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