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NY TIMES: PHILLY D.A. IS ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS OF 2021!

The documentary filmmakers Ted Passon and Yoni Brook captured no trial scenes because of restrictions on shooting, but the sweeping story of efforts to reform the Philadelphia district attorney’s office involved themes of policing, security and equality far beyond the courthouse walls. District Attorney Larry Krasner (who won re-election in November), made for a prickly, passionate protagonist,…

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VARIETY: PHILLY D.A. IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 BEST TV SHOWS OF 2021

Philadelphia’s elected district attorney Larry Krasner represents a transformative force running through the American legal system: He is a career defense attorney who seeks to reform a punitive system. This clear-eyed documentary series explores the promise of and the challenges to his approach, with a city built of various opposed constituencies alternately embracing or rejecting…

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VOX: PHILLY D.A. is “essential viewing”

“If you ignore documentaries generally but enjoy a good prestige drama, there’s plenty for you here.” “If you want to change the world, is it best to enter the halls of power yourself so you can change the institutions in charge from the inside? Or is it better to stay agitating from the outside, where…

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