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Frank Serpico

Born April 16, 1936 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA (age 90)

Francesco Vincent Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is an American retired New York Police Department detective, best known for whistleblowing on police corruption. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was a plainclothes police officer working in Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan to expose vice racketeering. In 1967, he reported credible evidence of widespread police corruption, to no effect. In 1970…

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Frank SerpicoFrank Serpico · 2017
Frank Serpico
★ 5.92017
MovieDocumentary
In 1972, officer Frank Serpico exposes the corruption which poisons the roots of the NYPD and becomes famous in 1973 when director Sidney Lumet tells his story in the classic film “Serpico,” starring Al Pacino.
John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsJohn G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs · 2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
★ 6.82017
MovieDocumentary
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.
Citizen Clark... A Life of PrincipleCitizen Clark... A Life of Principle · 2017
Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle
★ 10.02017
MovieDocumentary
For fifty years, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has challenged the abuses of U.S. power and championed the causes of human rights.
After Newtown: Guns in AmericaAfter Newtown: Guns in America · 2013
After Newtown: Guns in America
★ 9.52013
MovieDocumentary
Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century immigrant riots to gangland violence in the Roaring Twenties; from the Civil War to Civil Rights, guns have been at center of our national narrative for four hundred years.

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