Black Cop

Black Cop
Directed byCory Bowles
Written byCory Bowles
Produced byAaron Horton
StarringRonnie Rowe
Sophia Walker
Sebastien Labelle
CinematographyJeff Wheaton
Edited byJeremy Harty
Music byDillon Baldassero
Production
company
Black Op Films
Distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films
Release date
  • September 11, 2017 (2017-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Black Cop is a Canadian drama film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] The full-length directorial debut of actor Cory Bowles, the film is an expansion of his earlier short film of the same name.[1]

The film stars Ronnie Rowe as a Black Canadian police officer who himself becomes the victim of racial profiling, and takes revenge on his community.[2][3]

In February 2018, the film was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films for distribution in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Nova Scotia film Black Cop to debut at TIFF". CBC News, August 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Kate McGillivray (11 September 2017). "Filmmaker behind 'Black Cop' on carding, racial tension and trauma". CBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Nova Scotia director tackles police violence in film Black Cop". CBC News, November 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Halifax filmmaker's Black Cop acquired by U.S. distributor". CBC News Nova Scotia, February 8, 2018.