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The Police Tapes is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 2 january 1977

The Police Tapes (1977)

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Released in USA 2 january 1977
Length 1h30
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Crime
Rating71% 3.573083.573083.573083.573083.57308

The Police Tapes is a 1977 documentary about a police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for public television; a one-hour version later aired on ABC.

It won two Emmy Awards,
a Peabody Award,
and a DuPont-Columbia University Award for Broadcast Journalism, and became an influence on later television and film dramas.



^ Boyle, Dierdre. "From Portapak to Camcorder: a Brief History of Guerilla Television." In Miller, Toby (2002). Television. New York: Routledge. pp. 268–281. ISBN 0-415-25502-3.

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"CBS-TV Leads the Way in News-Show Emmys". The New York Times. February 12, 1980. pp. C22.

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Epstein, Robert (March 12, 1992). "Academy's Latest Film Stir-Fry". Los Angeles Times.

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"DuPont Broadcast Prizes". The New York Times. February 16, 1978. pp. C22.
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