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HOLD YOUR FIRE takes on a deep dive into an incident that has become a touchstone of hyper-aggressive police tactics and community relations. In 1973, four young African-American Muslim men entered a sporting goods store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to steal guns. They were soon cornered by a score of New York police. The bungled robbery triggered a response of deadly force by a then mostly-white police force and led to the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. The stand-off eventually became, could a visionary police psychologist,  Harvey Schlossberg, convince his superiors to do the unthinkable –  negotiate with “criminals” – and save twelve hostages from a violent bloodbath? In never-before-seen film and eye-opening interviews, HOLD YOUR FIRE is a look into a policing regime that could revolutionize the ways that American law enforcement protects the citizenry and saves lives in the process. Director Stefan Forbes, (Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story) producer Fab Five Freddy (Grass is Greener) and their team reconstruct what took place through the Rashomon-like perspectives of the robbers, hostages, and cops. For updates and screenings go to: holdyourfirefilm.com

HOLD YOUR FIRE takes on a deep dive into an incident that has become a touchstone of hyper-aggressive police tactics and community relations. In 1973, four young African-American Muslim men entered a sporting goods store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to steal guns. They were soon cornered by a score of New York police. The bungled robbery triggered a response of deadly force by a then mostly-white police force and led to the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. The stand-off eventually became, could a visionary police psychologist,  Harvey Schlossberg, convince his superiors to do the unthinkable –  negotiate with “criminals” – and save twelve hostages from a violent bloodbath? In never-before-seen film and eye-opening interviews, HOLD YOUR FIRE is a look into a policing regime that could revolutionize the ways that American law enforcement protects the citizenry and saves lives in the process. Director Stefan Forbes, (Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story) producer Fab Five Freddy (Grass is Greener) and their team reconstruct what took place through the Rashomon-like perspectives of the robbers, hostages, and cops. <br><br>For updates and screenings go to: <a href="http://holdyourfirefilm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">holdyourfirefilm.com</a>

Hold Your Fire / Film School Radio interview with Director Stefan Forbes 

In celebration of the kickoff of the Freedom Film Series, a partnership between the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival (organized by LADD) and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, tune into this dynamic conversation between myself (Artistic Director of the festival) and Hold Your Fire director Stefan Forbes. 

<p>In celebration of the kickoff of the Freedom Film Series, a partnership between the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival (organized by LADD) and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, tune into this dynamic conversation between myself (Artistic Director of the festival) and Hold Your Fire director Stefan Forbes. </p>