The Seven Five (2014)

Directed by

Tiller Russell

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

15

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 105 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of cops in a New York precinct who ran a large scale corruption ring in the 1980s. It focuses on one corrupt officer who explains how he and others stole money, drugs, and guns.

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What happens

The Seven Five, also known as Seven Five Precinct, is a 2014 documentary directed by Tiller Russell, and produced by Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, and Sheldon Yellen. The film looks at police corruption in the 75th Precinct of the New York Police Department during the 1980s. The documentary focuses on Michael Dowd and Kenneth Eurell, both corrupt New York City police officers, who were arrested in 1992, leading to one of the largest police corruption scandals in New York City history. The documentary uses footage from the Mollen Commission investigation in 1992 and also provides in-depth commentary from Dowd, Ken Eurell, and Adam Diaz, among others. The documentary premiered at DOC NYC November 14, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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