*”Yusef Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn,” directed by Muta’Ali Muhammad (“Life’s Essentials with Ruby Dee”) and debuting Wednesday, Aug 12 (9:00-10:40 p.m. ET/PT), tells the story of Yusuf Hawkins, the black teenager who was murdered in 1989 by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
Hawkins’ death and the official response to it sparked outrage in New York, unleashing a torrent of racial tension and spurring tireless civil rights activism that exposed deep racial prejudices and inequities which continue to plague the country today.
The official trailer was released Wednesday. Watch below:
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