Baltimore Rising

2017

1 hr. 32 min.

Documentary

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Police and activists struggle to hold Baltimore together after Freddie Gray dies in police custody.

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It's a very good doc about an issue that's dividing the USA. The doc does a good job of capturing the frustration of protesters and the efforts of activists. Going against the police is like playing against a stacked deck... but fortunately the action of the protesters and activists is heard and led to some minor, but meaningful, changes. I thought HBO did a good job of presenting the issue, getting talking points from both sides (which is a substantial problem bc they should all be on one side) and showing the short term outcome. A follow-up now (2019) would be a great idea to see how far the city has come since 2016. But bc it's not as sexy, we likely won't be seeing part 2 anytime soon.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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For showing the way men and women, especially young, find their way to outrage and activism, this documentary is worthwhile. I found it lean on prosecuting an outraged point of view. But I have this problem with a lot of documentary filmmaking. Not nearly enough was said about, say, the apathy of Mayor Rawlings-Blake. Or how little has changed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Freddie Gray was murdered in cold calculating blood. This movie did little to directly confront that fact & that it was done with reassured impunity. An outrageous injustice to the core of the whole rotten system.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Sonja Sohn

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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

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Elijah Cummings

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Sherrilyn Ifill

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Michael A. Wood Jr.

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Sonja Sohn

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

There are many such moments of human frailty and humor in Baltimore Rising, and Sohn presents all of it without specific judgment or an agenda beyond capturing as many voices as possible and corralling them as efficiently as possible.

Nov 21, 2017

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Steve Greene

indieWire

Baltimore Rising shows a city working to find ways to make sure that work benefits all its citizens.

Rated: A-

Nov 20, 2017

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Verne Gay

Newsday

Excellent you-are-there film that takes viewers -- and Baltimore -- from despair to hope.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 20, 2017

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

Sohn proves an extremely able documentarian, inserting herself among participants on all sides of the debate, from the police to activists and beyond.

Jan 24, 2018

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Danielle Ransom

The Daily Dot

The imagery is vivid and moving. But the film misses the mark with its aimless narrative.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 30, 2017

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Roger Catlin

rogercatlin.com

... the documentary by Sonja Sohn and Mark Levin that covers the event in a manner nobody has quite done before.

Nov 21, 2017

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Synopsis

Police and activists struggle to hold Baltimore together after Freddie Gray dies in police custody.

Director: Sonja Sohn
Executive Producer: Sonja Sohn, Marc Levin, Anthony Hemingway, George Pelecanos, Mark Taylor
Production Co: HBO Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 19, 2017

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