DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL

In 2014, Peter Liang, a Chinese-American police officer, shot and killed an innocent, unarmed black man named Akai Gurley in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project. In the midst of high racial tension surrounding police conduct, Liang becomes the first NYPD officer to receive a guilty verdict in such a case in over a decade. The highly publicized incident polarizes New York’s Asian and African American communities’ in this insightful look into the complexities of police reform.

Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Director/Producer Ursula Liang, Editor Jason Harper, immediately following the film.