A COPS AND ROBBERS STORY

A COPS AND ROBBERS STORY

Metropolis
84 min

WORLD PREMIERE | In the 1980s, Corey Pegues found himself embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York’s City’s infamous Supreme Team gang. After an incident forces Pegues away from the streets, he unexpectedly emerges as a rising star in the NYPD, his past unknown to his fellow officers. A decorated 21-year police career is threatened when his political stances and revelations about his former life cause strife within the police community. 

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Watch an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Director Ilinca Calugareanu and Subject Corey Pegues.

Director: Ilinca Calugareanu
Executive Producer: Brenda Robinson, Julie Parker Benello, Nion McEvoy, Erika Olde, John Battsek, Jonathan Stanners, Abbas Nokhasteh
Producer: Mara Adina
Cinematographer: Bruce Francis Cole, Eliana Alvarez Martinez, Sean Kirby
Editor: Ilinca Calugareanu; Consulting Editor: Per K. Kirkegaard, Joe Bini, Lucia Zucchetti, Jacob Schulsinger; Additional Editing: Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen
Music: Ruben De Gheselle
Language: English
Country: UK, USA
Year: 2020
Publicist: Wellington Love
Sales Agent: Endeavor Content
African/African-American
Closed Captioning
New York City
Race
True Crime
Women Directors
World Premiere

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