Down a Dark Stairwell

Director: Ursula Liang

Producers: Ursula Liang, Rajal Pitroda

Editors: Michelle Chang, J.M. Harper

• World Premiere, True/False

• Official Selection: DOC NYC, Hot Springs, New Orleans, BlackStar

When a Chinese-American police officer kills an unarmed Black man in a darkened stairwell of a New York City housing project, it sets off a firestorm of emotion and calls for accountability. When he becomes the first NYPD officer convicted of an on duty shooting in over a decade, the fight for justice becomes complicated, igniting one of the largest Asian-American protests in history and disrupting a legacy of solidarity.