Characters are more metaphors than human beings...
“Crown Heights” is an independent drama about an innocent man incarcerated for decades. In 1980, police arrest Colin Warner (Lakeith Stanfield), a Trinidad native living in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, and charge him with having killed a local teenager in a drive-by shooting. He is sentenced to life in prison, but Colin’s childhood friend Carl “KC” King (Nnamdi Asomugha) devotes his life to fighting for Colin’s freedom. He works on appeals, takes loans for lawyer fees, and becomes a legal courier to learn the court system.<br /><br />Behind bars, Colin faces dehumanizing conditions and conduct, made worse by corruption, institutional racism and prison politics. The years pass slowly as Carl continues efforts to prove his friend’s innocence.<br /><br />Though the film has a documentary feel, it fails to get inside Colin’s mind. He is more a symbol of misdirected justice than a human being struggling with the day-to-day trials of living without freedom. It’s difficult to empathize with Colin when he’s portrayed as a man enduring martyrdom. The story is familiar from recent news reports of long-time prisoners being exonerated after DNA evidence clears them. The tragedy, of course, is the chunk of time taken from a life that can never be repaid.<br /><br />What stands out is the unwavering dedication of Carl, who goes to extremes fighting for Colin’s freedom. Director Matt Ruskin has taken on a worthy subject, but distances us by failing to involve us more personally in Colin’s background. We should be more than spectators to the injustice portrayed.<br /><br />Special features on the widescreen DVD release include feature film commentary with director Matt Ruskin and producer Nnamdi Asomugha, and the featurette, “The Story Behind Crown Heights.”
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbrush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life is prison. Colin's childhood friend Carl "KC" King devoted his life to fighting for Colin's freedom. He works on appeals, takes loans for lawyer fees and becomes a legal courier to learn the court system. This incredible true story is based on the acclaimed This American Life piece and adapted by writer/director Matt Ruskin, with Lakeith Stanfield playing Colin Warner and Nnamdi Asomugha as Carl King..