The Glass Shield

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Jun 3, 2023 Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube, Michael Ironside, Elliot Gould It’s unfortunate to say that this movie truly applies to today’s scary world context especially with the recent unjust killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis Modern racism in America especially during the 90s was escalating to a degree Many blacks still face unfair persecution particularly in law enforcement, several of them die while in police custody In this case a newly recruited officer J. J. played by Michael Boatman hopes to do his part in serving his community but still faces a lot of the backlash from other officers hiding behind their bigotry Even Lori Petty as Deborah Fields, the first female deputy deals with a lot of the male chauvinism in the workforce not to mention she's also called out on being Jewish Ice Cube as Teddy Woods is the latest in a string of wrongfully accused African Americans with the police saying he had a gun to commit a murder But J.J. will do all he can to prove his innocence while also fighting the corruption under the badge It’s awful how much is buried underneath the paperwork but also scary how far certain people are willing to go to silence anyone digging in A good movie; very well-acted with the right amount of raging emotions opening up about the constant corruption and coverups of the police department The ending was just very unsatisfying and it stinks that Ice Cube is only in a fraction of this Again though this movie shows the level of modern racism that shouldn’t be ignored given how frequent it is with director Charles Burnett making a powerful statement See more jon c Jun 2, 2020 Michael Boatman, Lori Petty, Ice Cube, Michael Ironside, Elliot Gould It's unfortunate to say that this movie truly applies to today's scary world context especially with the recent unjust killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis  Modern racism in America especially during the 90s was escalating to a degree  Many blacks still face unfair persecution particularly in law enforcement, several of them die while in police custody  In this case a newly recruited officer J. J. played by Michael Boatman hopes to do his part in serving his community but still faces a lot of the backlash from other officers hiding behind their bigotry  Even Lori Petty as Deborah Fields, the first female deputy deals with a lot of the male chauvinism in the workforce not to mention she's also called out on being Jewish Ice Cube as Teddy Woods is the latest in a string of wrongfully accused African Americans with the police saying he had a gun to commit a murder but J.J. will do all he can to prove his innocence while also fighting the corruption under the badge  It's awful how much is buried underneath the paperwork but also scary how far certain people are willing to go to silence anyone digging in  A good movie; very well-acted with the right amount of raging emotions opening up about the constant corruption and coverups of the police department  The ending was just very unsatisfying and it stinks that Ice Cube is only in a fraction of this Again though this movie shows the level of modern racism that shouldn't be ignored given how frequent it is with director Charles Burnett making a powerful statement See more Oct 6, 2018 This is a wonderful movie about the truth behind the lie. See more s r @ScottR Sep 23, 2018 Ambitious, but the complexity overcame the story. Certainly someone had an agenda here. See more Oct 3, 2014 Gorgeously lit, but infuriatingly heavy handed and therefore not very enjoyable. Burnett's Killer of Sheep is something to watch for the same commentary on institutionalized racism but far more engaging and poetic. See more Apr 5, 2014 The Glass Shield tries hard with its messages and themes about racism, but this cop flick is more bummer than thriller. See more Read all reviews

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