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Black Cop (2017)

Black Cop poster
Directed by
Cory Bowles
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Black Canadian police officer experiences racial profiling firsthand and then retaliates against his community. The film follows his transformation from law enforcer to vigilante.

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What happens

Black Cop is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The full-length directorial debut of actor Cory Bowles, the film is an expansion of his earlier short film of the same name. The film stars Ronnie Rowe as a Black Canadian police officer who himself becomes the victim of racial profiling and takes revenge on his community. In February 2018, the film was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films for distribution in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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