Davy Rothbart, 2020, 97min, USA

17 Blocks is streaming for FREE on Wednesday, February 10th from 12:01AM-11:59PM EST

In 1999, filmmaker Davy Rothbart met Emmanuel Sanford-Durant and his older brother, Smurf, during a pickup basketball game in Southeast Washington, D.C. Davy began filming their lives, and soon the two brothers and other family members began to use the camera themselves. Spanning 20 years, this story illuminates a national, ongoing crisis through one family's raw, stirring and deeply personal saga.  Made from more than 1,000 hours of footage, it all starts on the street where they lived in 1999, 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol. 

The film will be available in a virtual release on our platform starting on February 19th.

A panel discussion with filmmaker Davy Rothbart, star Cheryl Sanford and more will take place Wednesday February 10th at 8:30PM EST.