Sex Crimes Unit

A recent premiere at the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival, as part of its summer showcase, director Lisa F. Jackson’s Sex Crimes Unit is an emotionally pulverizing documentary look inside the special, same-named division of the New York City District Attorney’s office. An incredible snapshot of justice deferred but thankfully not denied, the movie will continue to air on HBO as part of its summer documentary series. “Entertaining” is of course very much not the right word to use, but it is uplifting to see and feel and know and have ratified and celebrated that, in a world of much darkness, there are those who fight for right. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. (Jackson Films/HBO Films, unrated, 87 minutes)