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Rikers

6.020161h 10mMovieDocumentary

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island Jail. They tell their compelling stories direct to the camera, revealing the violent arc of the…

DirectorsMarc Levin·Mark Benjamin
WriterMarc Levin

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Cast · Directed by Marc Levin

BMBill Moyers
Bill Moyers
Host
TB
Tariq Barnes
Self
BC
Barry Campbell
HC
Hector Custodio
CH
Candie Hailey-Means
RH
Robert Hinton
KM
Kathy Morse
FM
Five Mualimm-Ak
IN
Ismael Nazario
MN
Marcell Neal
RN
Ralph Nuñez
DS
Damian Stapleton

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