Event

Charm City

Fri Nov 23: 8.00pm
Sat Nov 24: 7.30pm
Sun Nov 25: 4.00pm

Marilyn Ness
US
2018
1h 48m

About
On the streets of Baltimore, shooting is rampant, the murder rate is approaching an all-time high, and distrust of the police is at a fever pitch. With nerves frayed and neighborhoods in distress, dedicated community leaders, compassionate law-enforcement officers, and a progressive young city councilman try to stem the epidemic of violence. For over three years of filming, filmmaker Marilyn Ness focused on the people behind the statistics, showing the human side of Baltimores bleak numbers. Charm City is an intimate cinéma-vérité portrait of those surviving in, and fighting for, the vibrant city they call home.

If the laws of the street dictate that every man fend for himself, then Charm City proves that some folks can find a calling by fending for others. And its those people who seem to keep certain parts of Baltimore other parts have been experiencing gentrification in recent years from sliding into an abyss of crime and degradation from which they may never return. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter