The Hard Stop

The Hard Stop
Directed byGeorge Amponsah
Written byGeorge Amponsah
Dionne Walker
Produced byGeorge Amponsah
Dionne Walker
CinematographyColin Elves
Matthias Pilz
Edited byMichael Aaglund
James Delvin
Music byRoger Goula Sarda
Production
company
Ga Films
Distributed byMetrodome Distribution
Release dates
  • 14 September 2015 (2015-09-14) (Toronto)
  • 15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) (UK)
Running time
85 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Hard Stop is a 2015 British documentary film, written and produced by George Amponsah and Dionne Walker, about the aftermath of the death of Mark Duggan, a young black man who lost his life at the hands of the Metropolitan Police in Tottenham, north London, in 2011 during a "hard stop" when officers "pulled out in front of Duggan's speeding cab, ready for confrontation" with the armed Duggan. A peaceful protest about the event escalated into several days of rioting that spread across London and beyond, and for a time made news headlines around the world.