The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

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The Murder of Stephen Lawrence is a British television drama film that portrays the real-life racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in London and the subsequent struggle of his family for justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television drama
television film
basedOn murder of Stephen Lawrence NERFINISHED
real events
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depictsLocation London NERFINISHED
depictsTime 1993
director Paul Greengrass NERFINISHED
distributor ITV NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Jeff Pope NERFINISHED
genre crime drama
drama film
hasSubject Doreen Lawrence NERFINISHED
Neville Lawrence NERFINISHED
hasTitleTheme justice system
police accountability
racism in the United Kingdom
mainSubject Stephen Lawrence NERFINISHED
institutional racism
racist murder
struggle for justice
medium television
notableFor depiction of institutional racism in British policing
dramatization of Stephen Lawrence case
originalBroadcastFormat television
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ITV NERFINISHED
portrays Lawrence family campaign
Macpherson Inquiry context
Stephen Lawrence murder case NERFINISHED
police investigation failures
portraysEthnicityOfVictim Black British
portraysMotivation racially motivated hate crime
producer Mark Redhead NERFINISHED
productionCompany Granada Television NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1999
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Paul Greengrass NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1990s

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Paul Greengrass directed The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Mark Redhead notableWork The Murder of Stephen Lawrence