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Ambushed (1998)

Ambushed (1998)

Action Drama Thriller TV Movie

When a Klan leader is murdered, it lights the fuse to a race explosion. Now the only man who can put it out is the one everyone suspects.

Release Date: 1998, June 20
Directors: Ernest R. Dickerson
Countries: United States of America
Production: DWT Productions, Maple & Palm Productions, HBO
Cast: William Sadler, Bill Nunn, Courtney B. Vance, Robert Patrick, Virginia Madsen, William Forsythe, Charles Hallahan, David Keith, J. Michael Hunter, William Flaman, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Carl Espy

Overview:

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Ku Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.

Keywords:

racism police xenophobia white supremacy