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Time: The Kalief Browder Story

2017 · 1 season

A harrowing, methodical documentary that immerses you in a young man's unjust ordeal, leaving a heavy, urgent sense of grief and outrage.

Created by
Nick Sandow, Jenner Furst
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Andreas Pliatsikas, JAŸ-Z, Josh Rhett Noble
Overview
The story of a teenager wrongfully charged with theft and jailed at Riker's Island prison for over 1,000 days.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Nick Sandow, Jenner Furst
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Andreas Pliatsikas, JAŸ-Z, Josh Rhett Noble
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • corruption
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour0
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight10

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
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Written by
Mark Konkol, Jenner Furst, Rose Schlossberg
Starring
Andreas Pliatsikas, JAŸ-Z, Josh Rhett Noble, Donnell E. Smith, Kalief Browder, Charlene Alves, Michael Braverman, Andrew Morgan
Music
Danielle Furst, Khari Mateen
Cinematography
James Adolphus
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Spike
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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