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Law & Order

Play trailer Law & Order 1969 1h 21m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the wake of the race riots of 1968, Frederick Wiseman trains his quiet, unobtrusive cameras on the Kansas City, Mo., police department throughout their everyday routines as they work. Though the police force is mostly Caucasian -- and the suspects are mostly African-American -- Wiseman refuses to oversimplify the intricate relationship between the two groups as he documents the former's complicated yet essential role in the criminal justice system.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader 04/02/2015
Because Wiseman rarely divulges why the police have been called, the viewer is forced to confront his own fundamental views of American race relations and the legitimacy of police authority. Go to Full Review Matt Cohen Washington City Paper 06/25/2019
Fifty years later, Frederick Wiseman's landmark documentary Law and Order is as relevant as ever. Go to Full Review David Denby The New York Review of Books 08/13/2018
Law and Order is moving, finally, as an expression of a flowing and undoctrinaire sense of life that is almost melancholy in its acceptance of confusion and loss. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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07/12/2011 Nobody tells the truth like Wiseman does. See more Read all reviews
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Frederick Wiseman

Director

Frederick Wiseman

Writer

Frederick Wiseman

Producer

William Brayne

Cinematographer

Frederick Wiseman

Film Editing

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Synopsis In the wake of the race riots of 1968, Frederick Wiseman trains his quiet, unobtrusive cameras on the Kansas City, Mo., police department throughout their everyday routines as they work. Though the police force is mostly Caucasian -- and the suspects are mostly African-American -- Wiseman refuses to oversimplify the intricate relationship between the two groups as he documents the former's complicated yet essential role in the criminal justice system.
Director
Frederick Wiseman
Producer
Frederick Wiseman
Screenwriter
Frederick Wiseman
Production Co
Osti Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 21m