Law and Order

4K Digital Restoration

Embedded within the Kansas City Police Department shortly following the chaos that surrounded the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Frederick Wiseman initially saw his third film “as a chance to do in the pigs.” He quickly learned that the situation wasn’t quite so simple, even if it was still ugly. Law and Order depicts officers practicing all-too-familiar, yet no-less-terrifying violence on those they should be protecting. It also depicts police peacefully negotiating a fare dispute between a cab driver and his passenger. Wiseman noted, “The cops did some horrible things but they also did some nice things.” 

Jeff Griffith-Perham
FILM DETAILS 
Cinematographer
  • William Brayne
Print Info
  • B&W
  • DCP
  • 81 mins
Source
  • Zipporah Films

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