Movie #1376 "The Night of" -- we recently got a complimentary pass for a month for HBO , and we binged watched this a few nights this past week and really enjoyed it! It focuses on a muslim who gets picked up for killing a woman, and his only defense is that he blacked out (due to drugs) and when he awakened, she was dead, with 22 stabs to her body. He is arrested when he is found fleeing the scene, carrying a bloody knife. Enter the lawyer, John Tuturturo, who suffers from allergies and eczema and can't even wear shoes, because it is so bad. We follow the young guy as he changes lawyers, encounters all kinds of jail oppression until he is forced to smuggle in drugs in lieu of some sort of protection in Rikers, & his time in court. We found this very interesting and well acted, but it was a tad drawn out at times --- we felt, all in all, it could have been a bit shorter, but it was well done. We'd give it 4 out of 5 stars and recommend this.
" THE NIGHT OF" 2016 8 episodes
Set in New York City, this limited series examines one murder case from many angles. With reverberations ranging from cultural to political, the case draws viewers into the investigation, the legal proceedings and the hell of Rikers Island.
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