Hold Your Fire
A searing look into a little-known moment in history with profound repercussions for how we understand policing today.
Hold Your Fire
When Shu'aib Raheem tried to steal guns for self-defense, it sparked the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. Harvey Schlossberg fought to reform police policy with words, not guns.
“The involving human stories and lasting impact of the events makes for a gripping film.” - Screen International
“An impressively nuanced documentary.” - Flickering Myth
“The involving human stories and lasting impact of the events makes for a gripping film.” - Screen International
“An impressively nuanced documentary.” - Flickering Myth
Genre
Documentary,
African-American Experience,
Crime,
New York City
Runtime
95
Language
English
Director
Stefan Forbes
Cast
Shu’aib Raheem,
Harvey Schlossberg
FEATURED REVIEW
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
An even lesser-known standoff centers the excellent “Hold Your Fire,” which is even more explicitly about conflict resolution and how important it is, then and now. If the authorities trying to talk down scared young men from the ledge of violence don’t see them as human, how could they value their ...
Played at
Royal 5.20.22 - 5.26.22
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