Tập
Frontline: Episode 10
Tóm tắt
‘I could hear the bullets all around me, hitting all around the house. I was forced back by gunfire,’ says Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor of MOVE, a small, violent, urban cult. Years of tension ended May 13, 1985, when police bombed Africa’s house. The surrounding neighborhood burned out of control, leaving 250 homeless. Frontline correspondent Leon Dash examines why the bombing really happened.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Frontline
- Mùa
- Mùa 5
- Tập
- Tập 10
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1987-05-05
Thông tin tập
Episode 10 là tập 10 trong Season 5 của Frontline. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1987-05-05.
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