17 Blocks

  • 17 Blocks
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 95 (in minutes)

In 1999, 19-year-old Emmanuel Sanford-Durant and his family began filming their daily life in the most dangerous neighborhood in the United States, just 17 blocks from Capitol Hill. They haven't stopped filming since. Produced in a unique collaboration with director and journalist Davy Rothbart over a period of two decades, "17 Blocks" sheds light on a nation's current crisis through a deeply personal, raw and moving family saga.



Film by Davy Ira Rothbart with Emmanuel Durant Jr., Akil'Smurf' Sanford, Cheryl Sanford

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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