Peace in the Absence of War

Name: Peace in the Absence of War
Director: Theo Anthony
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-05-06

2015 · 5 min · Documentary

A portrait of a confused city in pain. A tone-poem for a Baltimore at the juncture of unrest and healing, as the city responds to the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray, a Black American Baltimore native, who died in police custody.

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