Hogtown: The Politics of Policing

Hogtown: The Politics of Policing
Directed byMin Sook Lee
Written byMin Sook Lee
Produced byMin Sook Lee
Sarah Zammit
CinematographyPeter Walker
Edited byNick Hector
Music byMark Korven
Production
company
City State Productions
Release date
  • April 15, 2005 (2005-04-15) (Hot Docs)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Hogtown: The Politics of Policing is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2005.[1] The film centres on the political pressures that were impacting the Toronto Police Services Board in 2004 under the new mayoral administration of David Miller, including budget cuts and the decision not to renew the contract of chief Julian Fantino.[1]

The film premiered at the 2005 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was the winner of the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary.[2]

  1. ^ a b Chris Young, "Hogtown puts police board in camera's eye; Filmmaker saw City Hall's rough period But still has faith in Toronto's institutions". Toronto Star, April 23, 2005.
  2. ^ "Hogtown muckraker digs up prize at Hot Docs". National Post, May 2, 2005.