David Dinkins

David Dinkins

Born: July 10, 1927
Died: November 23, 2020
in Trenton, New Jersey, USA
David Norman Dinkins was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993, becoming the first African American to hold the office.

Movies for David Dinkins...

Bella!
Title: Bella!
Character: Self
Released: July 30, 2023
Type: Movie
Bella! tells the story of Bella Abzug, who first rose to prominence as a scrappy grassroots activist in New York's West Village, and then went on to champion everything from an end to the Vietnam War to the advancement of LGBTQ rights.
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13th
Title: 13th
Character: Self - 106th Mayor of New York City (D)
Released: October 7, 2016
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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The Central Park Five
Title: The Central Park Five
Character: Self - Former Mayor, New York
Released: May 24, 2012
Type: Movie
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
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Frame Of Mind
Title: Frame Of Mind
Character: Senator Franklin
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A New Jersey police detective comes across new evidence in the Kennedy assassination.
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Giuliani Time
Title: Giuliani Time
Character: Himself
Released: May 11, 2006
Type: Movie
A documentary that investigates the 'new' New York City that then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed he helped create.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Chet Baker
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Night of 100 Stars III
Title: Night of 100 Stars III
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 1990
Type: Movie
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
Title: Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson.