MONSTERS AND MEN

By Reinaldo MARCUS GREEN

THE FESTIVAL AGENCY - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2018

The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, an African-American police officer and a high-school baseball phenom inspired to take a stand.

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance 2018
Special Jury Prize
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 95 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Reinaldo MARCUS GREEN
    • Writer(s)
    • Reinaldo MARCUS GREEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Luca BORGHESE, Julia LEBEDEV, Josh PENN, Eddie VAISMAN
    • Synopsis
    • One night, in front of a bodega in Brooklyn’s Bed–Stuy neighborhood, Manny Ortega witnesses a white police officer wrongfully gun down a neighborhood street hustler, and Manny films the incident on his phone. Now he’s faced with a dilemma: release the video and bring unwanted exposure to himself and his family, or keep the video private and be complicit in the injustice?