the slow hustle (2021)

Available on hbo and HBO max

Synopsis

For years, the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force ran roughshod through the city’s most vulnerable communities under the guise of getting guns off the streets. When veteran detective Sean Suiter is found dead on duty under dubious circumstances, the corruption within the unit is revealed to reach into the greater political structure of the city. Director Sonja Sohn, of Baltimore Rising and HBO’s The Wire, takes an exacting look into the festering underbelly of one of Baltimore’s most maligned institutions and the individuals that took a stand to stop the injustice. – Brandon Harrison