The Police Tapes
1977
United States
90 minutes
English
“The Portapak Video generation changed the visual language of television. Without this film, no Paul Watson, no Nick Broomfield, no gritty US TV cop shows. A documentary about a NYC police precinct in the South Bronx made for public television. The New York Times TV critic John J. O’Connor called it a ‘startlingly graphic and convincing survey of urban crime, violence, brutality and cynical despair‘.” (Keith Griffiths)
Editing :
Susan Raymond
Susan Raymond
Sound :
Susan Raymond
Susan Raymond
Photography :
Alan Raymond
Alan Raymond
Production / Print source :
Video Verite
Video Verite