Charm City
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During three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, CHARM CITY delivers an unexpectedly candid, observational portrait of those left on the frontlines. With grit, fury, and compassion, a group of police, citizens, and government officials grapple with the consequences of violence and try to reclaim their future.
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- Dante Barksdale
- Tre'a Bertrille
- Ericcka Bridgeford
- Monique Brown
- Walker Gladden III
- John Gregorio
- Clayton Gunton
- Tia Latrell
- Alex Long
- Ashley Danielle Long
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- Nov 15, 2020
My favorite characters are the State’s Attorney on the phone who is clearly tired of explaining to cops why what they did was an improper search and the guy who responds to the police saying “don’t shoot anyone outside” by saying “okay, I’ll take it inside if I can”.
Matt GoldmanApr 23, 2019☆”You gotta learn how to live all over again….It's okay to say, ‘I don't know how to live!’”☆ When institutions fail to keep the peace, can a city's people turn inward to save themselves? In the Oscar-shortlisted (and criminally underseen) moving, inspirational, and…
🐱Andrew Chrzanowski🐱May 5, 2018Wow. Cried several times. This needs to be seen by everyone
Julia Kip - Dec 1, 2020
I moved to Baltimore in the Fall of 2017, months after this film wraps up. Nothing much has changed. Hundreds of people are still killed here every year, and Tom Hall still reads their names every Monday on Midday on 88.1. Police officers still work thousands of hours of…
toothpickmoeDec 24, 2018[C]harm City is the name of the poorest sectors of Baltimore, especially centered on the crumbling infrastructure around Rose St., the heart of the drug infested African-American ghetto. This documentary covered various sectors of the populace there: the overwhelmed…
Ken RudolphMay 25, 2023It's a disheartening doc, albeit featuring beautiful cinematography, about a crime-ridden neighborhood in central Baltimore trying in earnest to improve its image through grass-root initiatives. Distrust of police, a young officer on duty, the ineffectiveness of drug and…
Maxwell Linge - Jan 7, 2023
" My feet are tired. My soul is not."Beautiful. A love letter to the long haul heroes who understand that violence is a multi-generational public health issue...not a morality issue that online righteousness will fix overnight. Beautiful. The love, the pessimism, the hope…
Ria🍀Apr 5, 2020#11 out of 15 on 91ST OSCARS SHORTLIST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE list Charm city is a well crafted documentary about the brutal conditions experienced by the mostly minority community in Baltimore. Much like Crime + Punishment, which I watched yesterday, Charm City tries to…
BenjaminApr 23, 2019Searing, unsettling and made me feel weak.
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Oct 25, 2018
There’s still charm in Charm City, despite it all.
Daphne Howland
L.A. Weekly
Oct 18, 2018
Even when the epidemic of violence touches a beloved character, Ness’ careful quilting of compassion and action across her years of filming suggests a fight that won’t diminish for these citizens.
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
Oct 16, 2018
The film captures up close the way violence transforms neighborhoods and families with an immediacy that transcends headlines or sensationalism.
Ben Kenigsberg
The New York Times
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