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Every Mother's Son
 
Directed By: Tami Gold and Kelly Anderson
Produced In: USA, 2004
Running Time: 60 minutes
Genre: Documentary 
Language: English 
Themes: Racism, Juvenile Justice
Distributor:  Transit Media Communications 
Synopsis:
In the late 1990s, three victims of police brutality made headlines around the country: Amadou Diallo, the young West African man whose killing sparked intense public protest; Anthony Baez, killed in an illegal choke-hold, and Gary (Gidone) Busch, a Hasidic Jew shot and killed outside his Brooklyn home. "Every Mother's Son" profiles three New York mothers who unexpectedly find themselves united to seek justice and transform their grief into an opportunity for profound social change.
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