synopsis

On a hot summer night in Detroit, Ronald Ebens, an autoworker, killed a young Chinese-American engineer with a baseball bat. Although he confessed, he never spent a day in jail. This gripping Academy Award-nominated film relentlessly probes the implications of the murder in the streets of Detroit, for the families of those involved, and for the American justice system.

awards/events

DuPont-Columbia – Silver Baton (1991)
Hawaii International Film Festival – Best Documentary Award (1988)
Academy Awards – Best Documentary Feature Nominee (1989)