American Crime (TV Series)

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Original title: American Crime (TV Series)
Year: 2015
Running time: 43 min.
Country: United States
Director: John Ridley (Creator), John Ridley, Gloria Muzio, Joshua Marston, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Sam Miller, Nicole Kassell, Rachel Morrison, Jessica Yu, Millicent Shelton
Screenwriter: John Ridley, Davy Perez, Julie Hébert, Diana Son, Sonay Hoffman, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Keith Huff, Ernie Pandish
Music: Mark Isham
Cinematography: Ramsey Nickell
Cast: Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Regina King, Lili Taylor, Elvis Nolasco, Caitlin Gerard, Brent Anderson, Richard Cabral, Shane Jacobsen, Benito Martinez, Johnny Ortiz, Penelope Ann Miller, Gleendilys Inoa, W. Earl Brown, Jennifer Savidge, David Hoflin, Joe Nemmers, Todd Terry, Emily Warfield
Producer: CBS Television Studios (Broadcast by: CBS Television Studios)
Genre: TV Series. Drama | Courtroom Drama. Racism. Crime. Family Relationships
Movie Groups: American Crime
Synopsis / Plot: TV Series (2015-2017). 3 Seasons. 29 Episodes. A crime tv series with same actors (Felicity Hoffman, Timothy Hutton, Regina King, Lili Taylor) but different characters. In the first season, a young couple in Modesto, California, were attacked in their home. The case sends shock waves into the community stirring up tensions across racial lines in this gritty drama. The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.

In the pilot episode, following the home invasion murder of Matt Skokie that left his wife Gwen comatose, four suspects are taken into custody. There's Tony Gutiérrez, a teen who got in way over his head wanting to get a rise out of his dedicated and hard-working father, Alonzo Gutiérrez; Hector Tontz, a man who has always lived on the fringes of society and struggles to survive; and Carter Nix and Aubry Taylor, two lost souls whose addiction to drugs and to each other has grown to be destructive.

Though the suspects fit the profile, their situations are far more complicated than anyone would have initially believed. Enter Russ Skokie and Barb Hanlon, Matt's divorced and estranged parents, who arrive to bury their son as well as seek justice for his killing, only to discover their murdered son may have been far from an innocent bystander.

Awards: 2015: Emmy: Best Supporting Actress (Regina King). 6 Nominations

2016: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best MiniSeries/TV Movie & Actress (Huffman)

2015: Golden Globes: 3 Nominations including Best Miniseries/TV Movie

2016: Satellite Awards: 2 Nominations including Best TV Series Drama

2015: Satellite Awards: Best Ensemble Television. 6 Nominations

2015: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Mini Series

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2016: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nomin. Best Actress TV Movie/Mini Series (Huffman)

Critics' reviews

"Some of the character are so impressively conceived and fleshed out that they ignite the material."

Tim Goodman: The Hollywood Reporter
"With grit, guts and some of the best performances you’ll see on TV this year, 'American Crime' aims for truth and pulls no punches getting there."

David Wiegand: SFGATE
"This is an ABC drama that is not just good, it's startlingly good (...) “American Crime” is a depressing story told so skillfully that it’s almost impossible not to be happy to see it unfold."

Alessandra Stanley: The New York Times
"This is America as we seldom see it -- presented in a way we've never seen. (...) A triumph for John Ridley, and a reconfirmation that Felicity Huffman is one of the best actors we have. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Robert Bianco: USA Today
"The characters interact, the camera observes. And we marvel--not only at the technique and the acting, but at the fullness of each individual point of view, detailing who these people are and how they got there."

Joanne Ostrow: Denver Post
"With its frank examination of race, gender and class , "American Crime" is the more thematically provocative show, a gratifying breakthrough for television"

Mary McNamara: Los Angeles Times
"I can't remember the last time a network drama had my rapt attention and respect on this many levels at once (...) I'm dying to know where Ridley and his actors will take the story next"

Hank Stuever: The Washington Post
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