Friday, January 27, 2017

Jay Z Hits Sundance With Docu-Series on Kalief Browder Tragedy

Shawn "Jay Z" Carter came to the Sundance Film Festival — not with his wife Beyonce on his arm, but Harvey Weinstein.

The entertainment moguls set off a frenzy as they appeared on an arrival line in Park City, Utah Wednesday for the world premiere of "TIME: The Kalief Browder Story," a six-part documentary series about the African-American teenager who spent three years locked up in New York's Rikers Island jail despite never being convicted of a crime or even getting a trial. 

Browder committed suicide in 2015, two years after the case — which centered on allegations of a stolen backpack — was thrown out and he was released from Rikers. His family blamed his mental anguish on the harsh treatment he endured at the jail, including two years spent in solitary confinement. 

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