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Full Record for Film No. 123


Title:Justice Denied
Director 1:Miriam Joseph
Director 2:Ken Fero
Country:UK
Year:1995
length:50 mins
Colour/b-w:colour
Genre:documentary
Screenwriter:
Cinematographer:Kasim Abid
Editor:Roya Salari
Producer:Ken Fero
Production company:Migrant Media for Channel 4
Cast:
Location:TABB
TABB No.:76
Synopsis:On 28th July 1993, five police officers and an immigration official forced entry into the flat of Joy Gardner with the intention of deporting her and her five-year-old son Graeme to Jamaica. Joy Gardner died after the police used force to restrain her, including tying her with a body belt and ankle straps and gagging her with 13 feet of surgical tape wrapped around her head. Three of the officers later faced charges of manslaughter but were acquitted.
Keyword 1:death in custody
Keyword 2:white
Keyword 3:police
Keyword 4:violence
Keyword 5:death
Keyword 6:black

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