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Justifiable Homicide
Directed by Jon Osman and Jonathan Stack
Produced in US, 2001
Running Time: 86m
Format: Beta SP video
Genre: Documentary
Distributor: Reality Films

Academy Award nominee Jonathan Stack (Angola Prison Rodeo; The Farm) teams up with filmmaker Jon Osman to create this documentary based on the brutal murder of cousins Antonio Rosario and Hilton Vega, two Puerto Rican young men who were shot by two NYPD detectives in the Bronx in early 1995. One detective was Mayor Giuliani's former bodyguard. Carefully researching the events and questioning witnesses and investigators, the film builds a steady, powerful argument for a cover-up at the highest levels. The story follows Margarita Rosario as she is transformed from a mourning mother and aunt to a powerful community activist, questioning the police officers' actions. "I will never stop fighting until I see these two detectives behind bars," she says. "I fight not only for my son, but for all our sons." To read more about the director and the film, please visit the traveling festival section of our site.

Friday, January 24th at 6pm and 8pm at the Coolidge Corner Video Screening Room
Filmmaker and special guest Margarita Rosario in attendance

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