Down a Dark Stairwell

Down a Dark Stairwell

Directed by Ursula Liang • Documentary • 2021 • US • English
Featuring Lesley Steele

When a Chinese American police officer kills an unarmed Black man in a stairwell, it sets off a firestorm of emotion. As he becomes the first NYPD officer convicted for an on-duty shooting in a decade, the fight for justice grows more complex, igniting Asian American protests. An uneven legal system is put into sharp focus, disrupting a legacy of solidarity between two marginalized communities.

Down a Dark Stairwell
  • Down a Dark Stairwell

    Directed by Ursula Liang • Documentary • 2021 • US • English
    Featuring Lesley Steele

    When a Chinese American police officer kills an unarmed Black man in a stairwell, it sets off a firestorm of emotion. As he becomes the first NYPD officer convicted for an on-duty shooting in a decade, the fight...